Qualified Child Care Cook | Ku Permanent Relief

Job Description

The KU Permanent Relief Team

Our KU Permanent Relief Team works across several services to cover leave taken by permanent staff, playing a pivotal role in supporting our services in their success. The Permanent Relief Team is a close-knit network of early childhood education professionals and cooks who are passionate about teaching and caring for children. This team is expanding are a looking for a Cook to add value to this dynamic and collaborative team.  

The Role

This is a permanent, part time position that will see you working 6 hours per day, Monday to Friday covering blocks of leave taken our permanent Cooks in our KU Services. You will travel to a variety of KU Services where required so therefore, it is essential you hold a driver’s license and have access to a car; you will receive a favourable travel allowance.

Duties throughout your allocations will include:

• Managing the kitchen
• Ordering of stock (from preferred suppliers of fruit, vegetables and groceries)
• Planning and preparing all nutritious menus from scratch
• Assisting in small group experiences with the children and introducing them to the wonderful world of cooking
• Ensuring health and safety are always maintained at a very high standard

To be successful in this position you will:

• be a qualified Cook with a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery (or equivalent)
• Hold food safety and food handling qualifications
• Have experience of ordering and controlling stock
• Have experience in preparing meals to cater for varying diets and special food requirements of children
• Have an interest in sustainable practices, growing, harvesting, and preparing food grown at our centres
• Have an interest in cooking with children and educators and sharing skills and knowledge to enhance the educational program.
• Hold a valid driver licence and access to a registered motor vehicle
• Be a passionate cook who loves instilling a passion for food in children
• Hold or be willing to obtain a Working with Children Check and attend a pre employment medical assessment 

You will work alongside strong and experienced Centre Directors and teams of highly motivated educators who value working in the early childhood sector. 

How do you apply?

If the above resonates with you and you feel you can positively contribute to this close-knit team, please click the ‘apply now’ button to be taken to the application form!

For inquiries, contact Sarah, HR Generalist via [email protected] (please note: applications are not accepted via this email).

KU Children’s Services is committed to being a child safe organisation. We put children’s safety and wellbeing at the centre of our practices. Child safety is a shared responsibility across the organisation. All KU staff contribute to maintaining our child safe culture and ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the children in our services and programs. KU has a zero tolerance of harm or abuse of children.

COVID19 Vaccination

At KU, the safety and wellbeing of our employees, the children in our care and their families remains our highest priority. This is at the forefront of all that we do, and we welcome applications from candidates who share this spirit. It is a condition of employment that KU staff members are required to hold full COVID-19 vaccination.

Unlocking Endless Possibilities

KU has been awarded Employer of Choice each year since 2016, and is committed to continuing the development of a workplace culture of inclusion and diversity. We actively promote the employment of people from across the spectrum of society.

We encourage applications from people with a disability, and from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Through communicating individual needs during the application process it allows KU to adapt your recruitment processes to meet an individual’s physical or cultural requirements.  We encourage you to talk to us about what your needs are to make your interview a success.

• We Reward – We offer sector leading pay and benefits including salary packaging and discounted private health insurance.
• We Build Careers – We enable and encourage our people to grow and evolve with us.
• We Grow Our People – We provide opportunities to learn, grow and enhance your professional practice through KU’s high quality professional learning program.
• We Offer an Inclusive Culture – We’ve created a diverse and inclusive working culture with a shared vision and common values.