Hospitality Officer

Pinangba; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Meal entertainment package

Employee discounts

Job summary

Pinangba Services in Portsmith, Cairns, is seeking a Hospitality Officer. This casual role focuses on maintaining cleanliness across communal areas and supporting daily operations to ensure residents receive a high-quality experience.

The position involves cleaning duties, room cleaning, and assisting with housekeeping and laundry, with potential food preparation in compliance with food safety standards. This is a casual, on-site role with benefits aligned to not-for-profit salary packaging.

Qualifications

• Prior hospitality experience in kitchen or cleaning.
• Ability to work alone in a kitchen environment.
• Excellent communication and attention to detail.
• Willingness to undergo probity checks as required by policy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and clean communal areas of the facility, including bathrooms.
• Clean residents' rooms and perform exit deep cleans.
• Support senior hospitality staff with daily operations, including housekeeping and laundry.
• Assist with meal preparation and delivery in line with Australian food safety standards and dietary requirements of elderly residents.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Cleaning

Food preparation

Communication skills

Job description

Hospitality Officer | Pinangba Services | Portsmith

Employment Term: Casual

Remuneration: $30.05 + Casual Loading + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (which increases your take home pay) + Allowances & Employee Discounts

Pinangbais an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lead service delivery arm of UnitingCare. The foundations of Pinangba are built from our cultural identity and strong community relationships and partnerships.

Surrounded by gardens, trees and birdlife, Pinangba Hollingsworth Elders Villagein Cairns provides holistic and harmonious residential aged care on Yidinji Country, building a stronger future together.

Your part in our team

As an Hospitality Officera key support role to the delivery of our services, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring business operations are run efficiently and our clients and residents receive an exceptional experience.

You will:

Predominantly a Cleaning position you will help to maintain and clean communal areas of our facility including bathrooms.

Cleaning of resident's rooms, including exit deep cleans.Supporting senior hospitality staff members with daily operations which includes housekeeping and laundry services

Being required to uphold impeccable hygiene standards.

You may also help to prepare, cook and deliver food in adherence with Australian food safety standards and dietary requirements of our elderly residents

What makes a difference for us?

Prior hospitality experience in kitchen or cleaning

Ability to work alone in a kitchen environment

Enthusiasm and strong self-motivation

Great communication skills and excellent attention to detail

Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

Start making a difference today

Employee Benefits:

Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands ofBlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital,you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple–everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email **************@ucareqld.com.au

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.