Chef

Oceania Group; Auckland; On-site; NZD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Safe and healthy working environment

Development opportunities

Job summary

Oceania Careers in Auckland is seeking a casual Chef to join our kitchen team at Eden Village. You will express creativity in cooking and deliver meals that look great and taste amazing, while maintaining a high standard of service.

The role focuses on supporting foodservice operations under senior management, continual learning, and flexible rostered hours to promote a healthy work-life balance. A culinary apprenticeship or equivalent experience, plus Safe Food Hygiene certificates, are

Qualifications

• Completed culinary apprenticeship or equivalent experience.
• Excellent customer and people relationship skills.
• Safe food hygiene certificates (Safe Food NZQA 167/168/20666/27955).
• Full working rights in New Zealand.
• Strong time management and leadership skills.
• Team-first attitude and willingness to go the extra mile.
• Ability to work rostered shifts.
• Respect for resident confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Expressing creativity and passion for cooking.
• Delivering top class customer service to a high standard and quality.
• Supporting the provisions of foodservice operations under the direction of senior management.
• Constantly learning and developing your skills/knowledge.
• Working hours that will allow you to maintain a healthy work life balance.

Skills

Cooking

Customer service

Leadership

Time management

Team player

Education

Culinary apprenticeship

Tools

Safe Food Hygiene certificates

Job description

The role

Our Eden Village in Auckland are looking for a casual Chef to join their talented kitchen team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Expressing your creativity and passion for cooking

• Delivering top class customer service to a high standard and quality

• Supporting the provisions of foodservice operations under the direction of senior management.

• Constantly learning and developing your skills/knowledge

• Working hours that will allow you to maintain a healthy work life balance.

What you’ll bring:

• A passion for cooking and serving meals that not only look great but taste amazing

• A completedculinary apprenticeship, or equivalent experience

• Excellent customer and people relationship skills

• Safe food hygiene handling certificates Safe Food NZQA 167, 168, 20666 or 27955

• A positive 'can do attitude', always ready to go the extra mile

• A team first attitude

• Strong time management and leadership skills - you're someone who takesownership and accountability

• Respect for resident confidentiality

• The ability to work rostered shifts

• All applicants must have full working rights in New Zealand

Oceania Careers

Reimagining the Retirement and Aged Care Living experience in New Zealand.

Why Work at Oceania

At Oceania, our people are the driving force behind our purpose to reimagine retirement and aged care living in New Zealand. We recognise that an engaged and diverse workforce is central to delivering exceptional care and enriching the lives of our residents.

We’re the proud owner and operator of over 30 villages across New Zealand, providing independent living and aged care living to more than 4,000 residents.

Our core activities include the development, construction and operation of integrated retirement and aged care living residences to provide remarkable experiences that enable our residents to keep living the life they love and stay connected to what matters the most.

At Oceania, we build homes and communities, not just villages. Our spaces are designed to enable our residents to live the way they always have, with value, purpose and connection to the things that matter most. We're led by them, and it's this shared value to ‘Believe in Better’ that makes our approach different.

What we offer

This belief in better means we are committed to supporting you to learn and do better, and will provide you with:

• Competitive remuneration package

• A safe and healthy working environment with access to a free, confidential support service

• Opportunities for ongoing development and career progression

No matter your role within the Oceania team, we all share the same dedication to providing expert and personalised care for the people that once cared for us.

We strive to do better every day.