Kitchen Coordinator

Tasmania Flexible Schools; Wynyard; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Salary packaging benefits (FBT exempt)

12% Superannuation contribution

Job summary

Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Schools Ltd is seeking a Kitchen Coordinator for the North West Campus in Wynyard. The role focuses on planning, preparing and providing healthy meals while maintaining high standards of food safety and budgeting.

You will work with the campus team to ensure nutritious meals and a welcoming dining environment for young people. The position requires relevant cookery qualifications or solid demonstrable experience, a current Driver’s licence, and

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications in commercial cookery, hospitality, food services or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in preparing healthy meals and safe food handling practices.
• Basic campus utility tasks and willingness to assist with transport when required.
• Working with Children Clearance or ability to obtain; valid driver’s licence encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare and provide healthy meals for students and staff.
• Oversee day‑to‑day kitchen operations including menu planning, stock control and budgeting.
• Coordinate with Campus Manager on food service delivery and safety standards.
• Assist with catering for events, outings and camps as needed.

Skills

Driver's licence

Food safety

Food preparation

Budgeting

Education

Certificate/Diploma in Commercial Cookery

Job description

Kitchen Coordinator: North West Campus, Wynyard Tenure: Continuing Full Time Start Date: January 2027 Classification: Utility Officer, Level 4 (based on experience and qualifications)

St Francis Flexible School Hobart and Wynyard offers a full‑time and multiyear secondary education program for young people who have disengaged from mainstream schooling. Flexible Schools respond with a variety of flexible and innovative teaching and learning practices, including vocational planning and the development of social connectedness. St Francis Flexible School is establishing a new campus in Wynyard in 2027, initially providing a flexible and highly supported educational environment for young people in Years 7–10, before expanding to include Years 11 and 12 from 2028.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Kitchen Coordinator will play an important role in the daily life of St Francis Flexible School North West Campus, taking responsibility for the planning, preparation and provision of healthy and nutritious meals for our young people. Food and shared meals are an important part of the flexible education model, providing not only nutrition but opportunities for connection, relationship-building and a positive sense of community. The Kitchen Coordinator will work collaboratively with the broader campus team to ensure young people have access to welcoming, well‑prepared meals throughout the school day. The role will oversee the effective day‑to‑day operation of the campus kitchen including: menu and meal planning, food preparation, purchasing and ordering, stock management, budgeting, kitchen organisation and maintaining high standards of food safety, hygiene and workplace health and safety. Collaboration with the Campus Manager for many of these tasks will be required. The Kitchen Coordinator will also assist with catering for special events, outings and camps where required. While working directly with young people in the kitchen will not be a regular requirement, we are looking for someone who is open to occasionally sharing their skills and knowledge with young people. This may include supporting opportunities for young people to participate in food preparation, learn basic cooking skills and develop greater knowledge of healthy food choices.

ABOUT YOU

We are seeking someone who is organised, flexible and able to work independently while also contributing positively to a multidisciplinary campus team. Previous hospitality experience and/or relevant qualifications as a chef or cook are highly desirable, together with demonstrated experience in preparing healthy meals and an understanding of safe food preparation, storage and service. Basic campus utility tasks are also an occasional requirement of this role. The successful applicant will also be required to hold a driver’s licence and be willing and able to drive school transport vehicles to support the transportation of young people when required.

ESSENTIAL

• A Tasmanian Working with Children Clearance Notice or ability to obtain Current driver’s licence (essential) or Light Rigid license (highly desirable)
• Relevant qualifications in commercial cookery, hospitality, food services or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.

HIGHLY DESIRABLE

• A current First Aid certificate, or the ability to obtain one.
• Current Driver’s Licence.
• Demonstrated experience in food preparation, kitchen operations and food safety compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in menu planning, stock control and purchasing processes.
• Demonstrated experience managing budgets, resources and inventory.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage completing priorities.
• Ability to engage positively and effectively with vulnerable and/or at-risk Young People.
• Demonstrated knowledge of safe food handling practices and relevant food safety requirements.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

• Professional development opportunities
• Salary sacrificing benefits, including FBT exempt payments of up to $15,900 p/a
• Edmund Rice charism 12% Superannuation contribution

ABOUT THE ORGANISATION

Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Schools Ltd currently educates over 2,700 young people in 22 Flexible Learning Schools (12 based in Queensland and 10 other schools across Australia) and two Special Education Services Schools in NSW, with approximately 800 staff nationally. Flexi schools serve young people who experience complex educational, social or psychological situations which demand unique responses. They enable young people to engage in education in a supported learning environment through a methodology based on trauma informed practice, to co‑create a Common Ground using Operation by Principles, in which the principles of Honesty, Respect, Participation, Safe & Legal are embedded. Our special schools serve young people with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. The successful applicant must possess (or be eligible to obtain) and maintain a current Working With Children Check. All applicants will be subject to EREA and legislative screening procedures. These checks are consistent with EREA’s commitment to child protection policies and procedures.

Edmund Rice Education Australia is committed to ensuring the safety, wellbeing and dignity of all children and young people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Edmund Rice Education Australia is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Are you seeking a rewarding career that provides a sense of wellbeing, growth and fulfillment? At Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Schools Ltd we believe in creating an environment where you can thrive and reach your full potential. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we’ll get in touch if there’s a role that seems like a good match.

Founded in values espoused in the Gospel, Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) seeks to transform the hearts and minds of young Australians through education to build a more just and inclusive local and global community through presence, compassion, and liberation. According to The Charter for Catholic Schools in the Edmund Rice Tradition, EREA offers a Liberating Education, based on a Gospel Spirituality, within an Inclusive Community committed to Justice and Solidarity.