Food Services Lead & Float Teacher

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Job Ttitle: Food Services Lead & Float Teacher

Company: Lund


Description: Early Childhood Education Food Services Lead and Float TeacherLund’s Early Childhood Program seeks a dynamic and versatile individual to join our team of educators in a hybrid role that blends culinary creativity with classroom support. This unique position offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference by bringing food preparation and early childhood care skills to the program. We’re looking for a teammate who is organized, flexible, dependable, and energized by a dual-purpose role that enriches children’s lives.As the Food Services Lead, you’ll plan and prepare nutritious, budget-friendly meals that meet Child Adult Care Food Program standards while fostering a clean, organized, collaborative kitchen environment. In the Float Teacher role, you’ll provide vital classroom support, ensuring children’s safety, well-being, and developmental growth by stepping in for teachers during planning time, breaks, and absences.Other responsibilities include:Collaborate and support teachers in facilitating enriching cooking activities for children as requested.Communicate regularly with childcare staff regarding food service delivery and needs.Report suspected child abuse or neglect to DCF in accordance with state regulations.Maintain confidentiality of children and families.Communicate and reiterate Lund’s policies related to parents when necessary.Model appropriate interactions with children for parentsReport any concerns regarding staff, children, or families to the Childcare Coordinator and aid in the resolution as appropriate.Assist in training interns, volunteers, and substitutes as needed.Prepare for and attend necessary meetings, training, and supervision.Research shows that individuals from marginalized groups—such as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, women, people with disabilities, and those from working-class backgrounds—often hesitate to apply for jobs unless they can see themselves meeting and performing every responsibility and requirement. However, many skills can be learned on the job. If you can see yourself adding value to the role, our clients, staff, and guests and meeting most of the responsibilities and qualifications, we encourage you to apply!What You Will Bring:Strong practical experience in the areas of food service delivery, record-keeping, teaching, cooking, nutrition, and coordination.Self-motivated and creative thinker with good organizational ability.Experience working with young children is desirable.Ability to juggle multiple priorities, deadlines and demands.Ability to receive and store large bulk food orders, including ability to lift up to 50 pounds and lift items overhead for proper storage.Ability to abide by all food and personal safety regulations.Has access to reliable transportation.Ability to consistently demonstrate Lund’s values of collaboration, compassion, empathy, integrity, and respect.The successful completion of a background check is a condition of employment.Why Join Our Team at LundFor over 132 years, Lund has been harnessing hope and providing opportunities to help strengthen families and ensure a safe, secure and loving environment for all Vermont children. As a multi-service nonprofit organization, Lund serves more than 5,000 individuals each year. Lund’s mission is to help children thrive by empowering families to break cycles of poverty, addiction and abuse. Lund offers hope and opportunity to families through education, treatment, family support and adoption.At Lund, we celebrate our clients’ and staff’s unique strengths and talents, fostering a supportive, inclusive environment where collaboration thrives. Our work is rooted in a strengths-based approach, focusing on family-centered services, including lifelong adoption support and innovative residential and community treatment programs that address both treatment and parenting. Our team believes in creating a vibrant, fun, and community-oriented workplace, emphasizing professional growth through ongoing training and weekly supervision. We value employee well-being, offering staff-led initiatives for wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as opportunities for work-life balance, with some positions offering flexible or hybrid schedules. Lund provides competitive pay, paid training, and a comprehensive benefits package for benefits-eligible positions that includes health, dental, life, disability, retirement plans, generous time-off accrual, 13 paid holidays, and wellness reimbursements, making Lund a place where you can thrive personally and professionally.Lund does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information, ancestry, place of birth, age, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. EEO/AAPowered by JazzHR

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Location: South Burlington, VT

Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 08:34:08 GMT


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