Catering Assistant - Casual Pool

Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network; Meningie; On-site; AUD 44,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network is seeking a Casual Catering Assistant to provide hands-on support across kitchen, laundry, and housekeeping within a health unit in the Murray and Mallee region. The role focuses on delivering high-quality food and support services, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for clients and staff.

The position requires reliability, teamwork, and the ability to meet deadlines, with basic experience in housekeeping or catering.

Qualifications

• Strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills across diverse environments.
• Flexible, reliable, and able to meet deadlines while working under general direction.
• Basic experience in housekeeping, catering, or laundry services.
• Understanding of food safety, infection control, and safe work practices.
• Sound literacy, numeracy, and basic computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office).

Responsibilities

• Assist with kitchen tasks, food preparation and service.
• Support laundry and housekeeping duties.
• Help maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for clients.
• Contribute to high-quality food and support services within the health unit.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Flexible

Reliability

Education

Year 11 completion

First Aid certificate

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Catering Assistant - Casual Pool

Job no: ******
Work type: Casual
Location: Murray and Mallee
Categories: Catering and Hospitality

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Meningie
• WHD2 | Health Ancillary Employee Regional Level 2 | $31.70263 p.h. to $32.27895 p.h.
• Casual Employment
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

About the Role

Join our team as a Catering Assistant and play a vital role in delivering high-quality food and support services within a dynamic health unit. This hands-on position offers variety, with responsibilities across kitchen, laundry, and housekeeping, ensuring a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for clients. If you’re reliable, efficient, and enjoy making a positive difference in people’s daily lives, this is a rewarding opportunity to be part of a supportive and essential service.

What We're Looking For

Essential Criteria

• Strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills across diverse environments
• Flexible, reliable, and able to meet deadlines while working under general direction
• Basic experience in housekeeping, catering, or laundry services
• Understanding of food safety, infection control, and safe work practices
• Sound literacy, numeracy, and basic computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office)

Desired Criteria

• Year 11 completion and/or current First Aid certificate
• Experience in housekeeping, catering, laundry, and basic computer use
• Manual handling skills and awareness of Equal Employment Opportunity principles

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support
• Join RMCLHN's Corporate and Administration Professionals Team (video)

Applicant Information

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: ******

Enquiries

Cindy Hein
EO/DON Meningie and Tailem Bend Hospitals
Phone: ********
E-mail: ********************

Application Closing Date

30 Apr 2027 - 11.55PM

Attachments

WHD2 - Catering Assistant - Role Description.pdf

About Meningie Factsheet.pdf

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Advertised: 24 Apr 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 30 Apr 2027 Cen. Australia Standard Time