Cook

Work Initiatives; Caloundra; Presencial; AUD 46 000 - 54 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Blue Card funded

Police Check funded

Subsidised training through C&KCollege

Resumo da oferta

C&K North Caloundra Community Child Care Centre is seeking a dedicated Cook to plan and prepare nutritious meals for young children in a warm, early-learning setting. Join a long-established service with strong community ties and a focus on safety and wellbeing.

The role offers a Monday–Friday roster with a consistent weekly schedule, enabling you to contribute to children's health and growth while working with a caring, values-driven team.

Qualificações

• 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.

Responsabilidades

• 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.
• Collaborate with the team to support children's wellbeing.

Conhecimentos

Meal planning

Dietary accommodation

Kitchen hygiene

Stock control

Teamwork

Formação académica

Certificate III in Commercial Cookery

Quality Food Supervisor Certificate (ideal)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

• Monday to Friday
• 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.