Cook

About us:

We are a not-for-profit, community-based organisation providing education and care to children from birth to 12 years of age across Tasmania. Lady Gowrie Tasmania has a simple position statement – 'Children First' – and is committed to providing the highest quality education and care for children to give them the best start in life. We work in partnerships with families, early to middle childhood professionals and the broader community to ensure children are happy, healthy and develop a love of learning.

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The role:

Lady Gowrie Tasmania is seeking for experience cook to join our team. You will be responsible for preparing nutritious, appealing meals and snacks for children in our care, ensuring all dietary requirements and food safety standard are met.

Hours:20 hours per week (4 hours a day ,9am-1pm)

Location: Norwood Education and Care Service

The role you'll play:

• Ordering and receiving ingredients weekly for a set menu
• Prepare, cook and serve age-appropriate and exciting meals and snacks in line with a set 4 weekly rotating seasonal menu
• Cater for dietary and cultural needs that reflect the children's needs
• Ensure that meals are served timely and alternative options are readily available
• Maintain the kitchen and food storage areas in a sanitary and secure manner
• Contribute to menu planning yearly with cooks across our services with nutritionists
• Adhere to hygiene & health practices when handling food.

What you'll bring:

• Safe Food Handling Certificate
• Allergy Aware Certificate (ability to obtain)
• Experience with preparing and cooking food with specific dietary and allergy requirements
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Good computer literacy for food ordering
• A good understanding of food safe requirements in an early education and care setting
• Hold or ability to obtain a Tasmanian registration for Working with Vulnerable People (Child Related Activity) for an employee.

Why Join Lady Gowrie Tasmania?

At Lady Gowrie Tasmania, we recognise that looking after our people is just as important as looking after the children and families we serve. We offer a range of benefits designed to support your career, wellbeing, and work–life balance:

• Opportunity to be part of a values-driven, supportive organisation making a real difference for children and families.
• Access to professional development and learning opportunities including 6 paid connection days a year.
• Salary packaging options to increase your take-home pay. Flexible part-time arrangements.
• May be eligible for the Worker Retention Allowance
• 15% discount on childcare fees for your own children in our services, plus other financial wellbeing benefits like discounted private health insurance.

How to apply:

If you're ready to step into a leadership role where your work has real impact, we'd love to hear from you. Submit your CV and a brief cover letter telling us why this is the right career step for you via the Apply Now button.

As part of the application process, you will also be sent a few short questions so we can get to know you better.

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Applications close 5pm Friday 24 October 2025. Interviews will begin as soon as possible with shortlisted candidates.

Our commitment to inclusion

LGT strives to provide a safe and inclusive environment across our services, programs and workplaces, where diversity in all its forms, including strengths, cultural background, identity and abilities are recognised and celebrated. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, and anyone who shares our values and passion for supporting children, families, and communities.