Cook

C&K Childcare & Kindergarten; Caloundra; In loco; AUD 46.000 - 54.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Wage rate with superannuation

Subsidised training via C&K College

Blue Card and Police Check provided

Supportive team in a values-led org

Descrizione del lavoro

C&K North Caloundra Community Child Care Centre in Queensland is seeking a dedicated Cook to join our team. You will plan and prepare nutritious meals for young children in a warm early childhood setting.

This part-time permanent role offers a consistent weekly roster (4.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday) with no weekends or public holidays, and includes opportunities to grow through subsidised training and a supportive team.

Competenze

• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery or related discipline is required/ideal.
• Quality Food Supervisor Certificate is desirable but not mandatory.
• Blue Card and Police Check are required; National Child Safety Training is preferred.

Mansioni

• Plan and prepare nutritious, age-appropriate meals and snacks.
• Cater for dietary, allergy and cultural requirements.
• Maintain a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment.
• Manage food ordering, stock rotation and kitchen budgets.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, health and hygiene standards.
• Work closely with the centre team to support children's wellbeing.

Conoscenze

Food safety

Teamwork

Meal planning

Formazione

Certificate III in Commercial Cookery

Quality Food Supervisor Certificate

National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate

Descrizione del lavoro

At C&K, our purpose is to make a positive impact on children’s lives. It’s what we’ve been doing for more than 115 years. Through evidence-based thinking, hard work and true compassion, we’ve built a trusted reputation as Queensland’s leading provider of early childhood education. And as a child safe organisation, we put children's safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do, creating nurturing spaces where children can learn, explore, play and grow.

Help Shape Futures at C&K North Caloundra Community Child Care Centre

At C&K, we know that healthy, nutritious meals play an important role in helping children learn, grow and thrive. We're looking for a dedicated Cook to join our North Caloundra team and help create delicious, nutritious meals for young children in a warm and welcoming early childhood environment.

C&K North Caloundra is a long-established service with strong community connections and a reputation for quality. Recently recognised as a finalist in the Local Business Awards, the centre is celebrated for its commitment to children, families and the local community. This is more than a cooking role. It's an opportunity to be part of a supportive team where your work makes a meaningful difference every day. From preparing healthy meals to sharing smiles with children and educators, you'll play an important role in creating a place where children belong and grow.

• Part-time permanent opportunity
• Monday to Friday
• 4.5 hours per day (22.5 hours per week)
• No weekends, evenings or public holiday work
• Consistent weekly roster

What you'll do

• Plan and prepare nutritious, age-appropriate meals and snacks.
• Cater for a range of dietary, allergy and cultural requirements.
• Maintain a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment.
• Manage food ordering, stock rotation and kitchen budgets.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, health and hygiene standards.
• Work closely with the centre team to support children's wellbeing.

Find Your Better Way and Enjoy the Benefits

Every C&K career helps children belong and grow. We’ll set you up for success with a range of benefits, programs and opportunities to help you earn, be well and grow.

• Be rewarded with a wage rate of $33.45 - $38.92 per hour plus superannuation.
• Access a nationally recognised qualification in the high-demand field of early childhood education and care with subsidised training for eligible students through the C&K College.
• Funded Blue Card and Police Check.
• Be supported by a connected team in a values-led organisation.

What you’ll bring

If you’re committed to guiding children’s early learning and development, we’ll set you up for success!
We strongly uphold our child safety policies and procedures. To thrive and succeed in this role, you will have:

• A Certificate III in Commercial Cookery (or related discipline) and Quality Food Supervisor Certificate is ideal, but we are happy to consider unqualified applicants with experience.
• Valid Blue Card and current Police Check.
• Completion of the National Child Safety Training – Foundation Certificate

Join us and find a better way with C&K - for children, for you, for always.

C&K is a child-safe organisation and all C&K employees are required to undergo a police check and not be a ‘Restricted Person’ or Suspended Educator under the QLD Blue Card System. We welcome applicants who identify as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, have a Culturally and /or Linguistically Diverse background and/or those with additional needs.

North Caloundra, QLD