Casual - Kitchen Assistants, Great Escape Café

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 39,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Time and a half on weekends

Free annual health checks

Exclusive deals with local businesses

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a reliable Kitchen Assistant for our caf kitchen team in Christchurch. The role involves dishwashing, goods receiving, and maintaining clean, safe work areas across a busy caf environment.

We operate 7 days a week with a fast-paced team, offering casual hours and weekend pay uplift. Prior cafe or kitchen experience is beneficial, and reliability and flexibility are essential to succeed.

Qualifications

• Cafe or kitchen experience preferred.
• Basic understanding of food safety rules.
• Able to stand long periods and lift items.
• Reliable, flexible and punctual.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a busy caf environment.
• Dishwashing and cleaning.
• Goods receiving and handling.
• Keep things clean and safe.

Skills

Teamwork

Physical fitness

Reliability

Punctuality

Food safety

Adaptability

Lifting heavy items

Cafe/kitchen experience

Job description

StartDate - ASAP

• Kitchen Assistants | Casual role x2 | Hours as required | Starting rate $28.63 per hour

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

Benefits include

• Industry leading pay rates - including time and a half on weekends!
• Free annual health checks!
• Access to exclusive deals with local businesses!

About the role

We are looking for a hardworking, reliable kitchen assistants to join our caf kitchen team.

Our team works within afast-paced environment running 7 days per week, 365 days per year.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Workingas part of a team in a busy caf environment
• Dishwashingand cleaning
• Goodsreceiving and handling
• Keepingthings clean and safe

About You

We arelooking for a reliable, hardworking and flexible candidate who can bring their exceptional skill and passion to our team.

Adaptability is essential as the successfulcandidate will be required to work across multiple work areas and complete avariety of tasks.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A friendly andpositive attitude.
• Ability to followinstructions.
• Physical fitnessand strength to transport goods and deliveries across campus.
• Ability to work aspartof a team.
• The physicalability to stand for long periods and lift items (e.g., stacks of plates,bins).
• Reliability andpunctuality.
• Some experience working in a cafe or kitchen role.
• Basic understanding of food safety rules.
• Experienceusing a pallet lifter or pushing large trolleys.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: PC4325214

Location:

South Island - Canterbury - Christchurch

Job type:

Job type: Casual

Expertise:

Non-clinical - Food Services - Food Services