Bakery Assistant / Packer / Cleaner

Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers; Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers in Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton is seeking a dedicated bakery assistant who can start early and help our Bakers with bread production and prep. This role offers full training, a busy but rewarding environment, and opportunities to progress in the baking area.

The successful candidate will be reliable, proactive, and able to learn from qualified Bakers, with a willingness to cover shifts as needed and contribute to a thriving customer-focused team.

Qualifications

• Customer service sensitivity and a positive attitude.
• Ability to work unsupervised and take initiative.
• Reliable and honest with a proactive approach.
• Willingness to learn baking tasks and follow instructions.
• Friendly, energetic personality and strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Assist Bakers with product preparation and bread production tasks.
• Operate and maintain clean, safe work areas and equipment.
• Move stock 5–20 kg with a trolley and assist with packing.
• Support department clean down and general store tidying.
• Learn tasks from qualified Bakers and progress in baking duties.

Skills

Customer service

Independence

Initiative

Integrity

Cheerful

Job description

There's nothing like smelling a fresh batch of croissants first thing in the morning!! Our Bakers start super early to get the job done – they are looking for someone with a passion for the industry, an early morning riser, and someone potentially looking for a future in the industry to help them do that for our customers.

Early starts BUT early finishes – and for someone looking to go further in this area, support and training will in abundance. We have a Bakery Management team who are super passionate about their chosen field, who love ‘keen to learn’ people and will guide you as far as you want to go.

Days and hours will be: Tuesday to Saturday 3.30am to 1.00pm – 45 hours per week with the expectation that you will be available to cover other shifts within the department when necessary. There's plenty to do and plenty to learn so you won't be bored!

The duties in this role with involve assisting our Bakers to do the product preparation jobs; bread production operation side mainly, cleaning, lifting or bringing stock 5-20kg weight with trolley, product packing and assisting with department clean down.

The ability to learn Baking tasks working alongside our Qualified Bakers is there for someone considering making a career in the Baking industry. Full support will be given to the right candidates looking for that opportunity. We love ambitious people. This position is quite literally the right hand person for our Bakers so the ability to take on instructions and information retention is key to getting the job across the line for each day's trade.

Reliability is an absolute must. This is a passionate and very busy team so consistency is key to ensure the days tasks are completed on time to meet our customers' needs.

Full training will be given along with a comprehensive six week induction to our store, your department and the tasks required. You’ll be a Rockstar by the end of it. We aim to set you up to succeed, if not excel!

The people we seek must have the following skills and attributes:

• Customer service sensitivity
• Ability to work unsupervised
• Initiative and good commonsense
• Integrity
• A bright and cheery nature

If there ever was a career path with a future, it is food.