Role: Centre Cook

Location:  Queens Park, Perth

Centre:  Goodstart Queens Park

Employment Type:  Part-Time | Monday to Friday 27.5 hours

Pay: $25.00 - $28.62 per hour (based on qualification and experience)

• Delight little customers with big appetites – provide delicious meals and influence the nutritional outcomes of Australian children
• Competitive pay – at least 5% above award
• Get 50% discount off your childcare gap fees

Are you looking for a chance to bring your culinary skills to a place where you’ll make a real difference, and be valued for what you do every day?

About Our Centre

• Goodstart Queens Park provides high quality learning and care
• Dedicated arts and crafts room, sandpits bike paths and lots more
• Vegetable and herb garden 
• Fun loving and supportive team
• Work with a highly skilled Director 
• We Celebrate and Embrace Culture and Diversity in our Centre

The Benefits:

• Friendly and support team with large national head office support
• We pay highly competitive salaries above the national award rates
• Ongoing professional development and opportunities which include overseas study tours, secondments to rural communities and up skilling programs
• Career opportunities and paid learning and development
• Employee benefits that range from childcare discounts, discounted travel, insurance, and technology
• Purchased additional annual leave

About You:

• Experience working in hospitality, catering or similar is essential
• Relevant qualifications highly desirable
• Support the health and wellbeing of the children through planning and preparing nutritious meals and snacks
• Prepare meals to meet the needs of children with special dietary requirements and allergies
• Exceptional knowledge of safety and wellbeing
• Order food supplies in consultation with the Centre Director
• Ensure safe and hygienic storage, handling and preparation of food and drinks
• Willingness to learn and be a part of the team
• Strong communication skills, reliable and punctual
• Better pay - you’ll get 5% above the award rate   

Supporting our people and protecting our children    

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

We are an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We support and encourage individual growth and strong teams that are made up of many different cultures and backgrounds. 

We are deeply committed to reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel connected and a strong sense of belonging. By weaving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives through all that we do, we aim to build knowledge and a deeper understanding of our First Nations People and culture for all in our team. 

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Posting Notes: QUEENS PARK, PERTH || WA || Australia (AU) || [[j2wDept]] || SF:LI || No Early Childhood Qualification || Part-Time