Kitchenhand

Community Development | Perth Metropolitan
- Closing date: 19/02/2024**Kitchenhand**

**About Us**

**Community Development Directorate**

The City’s Community Development Directorate provides a broad range of facilities, services, projects, and events that directly impact the daily lives of our 224,000 residents and visitors.

The Directorate works to develop safe and vibrant places and deliver services and facilities to support a community that is healthy, welcoming, and thriving.

**About the Position**

The City is seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to take on the role of kitchen hand. In this position you will assist in the preparation, cooking and packing of meals, in addition to performing cleaning duties and assisting with maintaining a hygienic kitchen environment. This position involves weekday work with hours of operation varying between 6:30am - 2:30pm.

**Key Responsibilities**

The duties of the Kitchenhand will include but are not limited to:

- Managing regular packing and distribution activities which involve manual handling and working in a refrigerated environment for extended periods.
- Communicating effectively with customers, employees, and other volunteers in a team environment.
- Identifying and reporting irregularities in customer status and routine.
- Assisting in cleaning of the kitchen in accordance with food safety program. Reports any hygiene or maintenance issues as required.

**About You**
- Certificate in Food Safe Supervision.
- Effective organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage own work.
- Experience using kitchen equipment.
- Understanding of the dietary needs of aged clients.
- Experience working in aged care environment.
- Some knowledge of modified and texturized food.

For further information, please refer to the position description.

**What We Offer**

The City offers some great benefits including flexibility in when and where you work to ensure a work-life balance. You will also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

- Free parking and easy public transport access.
- Superannuation matching of up to 6%.
- Professional development opportunities, including training, memberships, and study assistance.
- Employee health and wellness program and initiatives including yearly flu vaccinations.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family.
- Generous study assistance.
- Active social club.
- Employee recognition program.

This temporary full-time position is a Level 1 Inside Workforce Agreement which attracts a salary from $51,973.70 - $58,497.36 per annum plus superannuation.

**To be eligible to work for us, you need to provide, or have ability obtain a**:

- A copy of Australian Driver's Licence.
- National Police Clearance (valid within the last 3 months).
- Pre-Employment Medical and DAS clearance.
- The right to work in Australia.

**More about the City**

The City of Stirling is a diverse and thriving local government in Western Australia, with over 223,000 residents, spanning 30 suburbs, the City is a cosmopolitan, multicultural, and economic hub.

With over 1,400 employees, the City embraces its diverse workforce by supporting work-life balance and offering opportunities for progression and development. Here at City of Stirling we celebrate and support inclusion and diversity.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the City of Stirling, the Wadjak People of the Nyoongar Nation, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia. We will act with compassion and respect towards all people and value people of all abilities, ages, religions, faiths, sexualities, gender identity and cultural backgrounds.