AddressThe Company:
Junior Einsteins is a family-owned and operated early learning organisation that prides themselves on their ongoing commitment to children’s learning and development. Junior Einsteins has been servicing the greater community of Shellharbour and its surrounding suburbs since 2007 and are passionate about providing children with the skills and confidence to reach their full potential. Junior Einsteins recognises the importance of early education, and strives to provide the families at our services with the highest quality of care and education. Junior Einsteins is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children, providing an inclusive and empowering environment to grow and explore. We recognise all children as valuable and contributing individuals, honouring all children with respect and provided with equal opportunities.
We currently have two beautiful, smaller services located in Blackbutt and Flinders, and we have recently opened our third service in Shell Heights, within the Dunmore Estate since July 2023! Our new state of the art, 125 place childcare service is a purposefully designed, innovative service, standing out from the rest.
Our new service consists of a 4-room centre, each with their own specially designed outdoor spaces with an additional 3 extra-curricular rooms to further extend upon children’s learning; the art room, children's library and kitchen/ science lab.
The Centre:
Junior Einsteins Nurturing Centre – Shell Heights is our newest service, focusing on creating an inclusive environment. This new state of the art centre is opened 52 weeks a year, catering for 125 children per day, aged 6 weeks – 6 years of age, from 6:30am – 6:30pm, Monday to Friday, closed on public holidays.
Position Available:
We are searching for a highly organised, confident and passionate Full Time Kitchen Hand to work collaboratively with the Centre Cook to assist in the delivery of a nutritious and balanced menu for the children at our service. The successful applicant will assist the Centre Cook in meal preparation, whilst ensuring the organisation and cleanliness of the kitchen is maintained to a high standard, including all dishes. The appointed person will have a thorough knowledge and understanding of dietary requirements and allergies to ensure the health and safety of all children. The successful applicant will follow the service policies and procedures outlining hygiene standards and protocols to ensure effective and safe food handling and storage. The successful applicant will also work alongside the educators within the centre to assist in maintaining the cleanliness of the service.
Essential Requirements:
- NSW Working with Children's Check
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent organisation skills.
- An excellent understanding of the WH&S.
- An understanding of food anaphylaxis, allergies, intolerances and dietary requirements.
Desirable Requirements:
- Certificate in Safe Food Handling
Appeals of this Opportunity:
- Supportive and collaborative team environment with a professional and fun work culture across all three services.
- High level of support from our owners, management team and staff.
- Above ratio working environment.
- Supportive and promotion of a healthy work/life balance.
- Enjoy being a part of our Junior Einsteins recognition & appreciation program.
- Complimentary birthday leave for all employees.
- Complimentary access to our Junior Einsteins on site staff gym.
- Yearly team bonding experiences and activities.
- In house induction process with our services' Management Team.
- Ongoing and paid professional development and training opportunities.
- Family friendly environment, providing discounted childcare fees for the child/ren of employees.
- Competitive award wages
All applications for the roles above are to be sent to ***************@outlook.com. If you have any queries or questions regarding the position, and would like to have a confidential discussion regarding the roles, please do not hesitate to contact our Nominated Supervisor, Nhi, on 4296 3184.
Applications Due: 24th May 2024
Start Date: ASAP
