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Casual Kitchen Assistant

BrightPath Early Learning & Child Care

Legacy, LEGACYPer DiemCAD 16.5–18.5/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
CAD 16.5–18.5/hr
Location
Legacy, LEGACY
Schedule
Per Diem
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Standard First AidInfant Child CPR

Job overview

BrightPath Early Learning & Child Care is hiring a Casual Kitchen Assistant at its Legacy centre. The assistant prepares and serves meals and snacks for children, handles kitchen cleaning and food orders, and may assist teachers in classrooms. The posting seeks a candidate who meets provincial childcare employment requirements and has current Standard First Aid and Infant Child CPR; Food Handling Certification and experience cooking for large groups are preferred or considered assets.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Time ManagementFood HandlingLarge-Group Cooking

Qualifications

Provincial Childcare Employment RequirementsStandard First AidInfant Child CPRFood Handling Certification

Benefits

Tuition Assistance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Full job description

Center: Legacy, AB

Pay Range: $16.50 - $18.50 per hour

Job Type: Casual

No evenings or weekends!

Build your career in the early childhood education field and become a valued member of our team at BrightPath Kids! As a proud member of the Busy Bees global childcare community, we offer exceptional opportunities for your career to thrive. Join our diverse community of over 5,000 dedicated employees, and experience competitive pay and benefits, including a childcare discount. With our rapid growth, now is the perfect time to apply and shape an extraordinary future with us. Unleash your potential and join BrightPath!

What will you be doing?

As a Kitchen Assistant, you will prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the children in our care. When you are not preparing food, serving meals, or cleaning, you will work in the classrooms to assist our teachers. Responsibilities include:

  • Organizing orders for food as needed.

  • Serving meals from a catered service provided daily.

  • Ensuring safety and sanitization in the kitchen environment as per Public Health requirements.

  • Understanding dietary restrictions in centre for individual children.

  • Washing dishes after meals.

  • Other duties as assigned.

Top Reasons to join BrightPath Kids:

  • We offer a 40% child care discount to Full-time employees & 10% to Part-time so that your family can take advantage of our great learning environment!

  • We will support your long-term career goals by offering opportunities for professional development.

  • Full-time staff are eligible to participate in a retirement plan (RRSP) which offers a company match – this is free money!

  • Full-time and Part-time staff receive 6 days sick time per calendar year.

  • Full-time staff are given 12 paid holidays off.

  • Full-time staff are paid for at least 10 personal days off per calendar year.

  • Full-time staff are offered health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance.

Requirements:

  • Food Handling Certification preferred

  • Meet province requirement for childcare employment

  • Current Standard First Aid and Infant Child CPR

  • Effective time management skills

  • Experience cooking for large groups would be an asset

If this sounds like a good fit, we want to meet you! Please submit your application today.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,821 open Food Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingCAD 16.5–18.5/hr
  • US median$62–75K/yr82 salary ranges
  • US median$17–19/hr1,934 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 3,821 open Food Service jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Food Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (538 postings).
Education
21 of the 3,821 open Food Service jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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