Childcare Caterer

Are you passionate about creating nutritious and delicious meals for children? Join our team as a childcare caterer at Northlakes Little Coast Kids and make a positive impact on young lives every day!

• Work school hours in a community focused childcare centre
• Use your cooking skills to create delicious meals for children 
• Permanent Part Time – 22 hours per week, Monday to Friday shift times between 8:30am and 1:30pm

About the role

As part of Central Coast Council's Child Care team you will put your passion for preparing nutritious food to great use, looking after the development of growing children. You will have the children’s best interests at heart and facilitate respectful relationships both with colleagues and parents as you deliver delicious, varied and nutritious meals and snacks for children aged between 6 weeks and 5 years.

The Caterer position works primarily within school hours, typically between 8.30am and 1.30pm, providing a great opportunity for experienced cooks looking for the flexibility to fit in with family or other commitments. 

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

Council will also be creating an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent childcare caterer vacancies.

Key activities of this role include:

• Plan, display, prepare and evaluate fortnightly menus according to nutritional guidelines as recommended by the NSW Health Department for all children in care in consultation with staff and families
• Provide a diversity of menus to reflect the nutritional, cultural and dietary requirements for all children in care
• Organise kitchen supplies and delivery for both consumable and durable goods in accordance with the annual/weekly budget under the supervision of the Centre Director
• Champion and maintain the health, hygiene and safety standards of kitchen utensils and equipment according to statutory regulations.

About you:

• Ideally holding a Statement of Attainment in Food Handling, you have solid recent experience in a similar role catering for large groups
• You have a current, valid Working with Children's Check Clearance (or are willing to obtain prior to any formal offer of employment)
• You want to work for the benefit of children and families in your community
• You are adaptable and self motivated, bringing a positive and organised approach to your work, and enjoy being part of a lively team environment 
• Having a work/life balance is important to you

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The commencing salary for this position is up to $32.38 per hour. Central Coast Council also provides progression opportunities for employees to progress up to the maximum salary of $37.51 per hour on completion of assessment of skills and performance 11.5% superannuation 
• We have a permanent part time role available. 
• This role is located at Northlakes Little Coast Kids. 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing [email protected] to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.