Centre Cook-Sunbury

• Permanent Part Time, 26 hours per week 
• $69,746.76 per annum (pro rata) plus Superannuation
• Join the Early Years Operation Team

Hume City Council is one of Australia's fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

We are looking for a passionate, skilled, and efficient Centre Cook to join Westmere Children's Services Centre, a 50-place long day care centre in Coolaroo. We provide education and care for children aged from 0-5 years from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm, for 50 weeks of the year.

Typical roster: Mondays 8:30am-1:30pm, Tuesdays 8:30am-1:30pm, Wednesdays 8:30am-3:15pm, Thursdays 8:30am-1:30pm, Friday 8:30am-1:30pm

What you'll be doing:

• Provide a wide range of nutritious meals and snacks for children, which reflect the nutritional and cultural requirements of the children within the scope of the National Quality Standards, and Centre's food policy.
• Plan menus for children in the centre, with consideration to specific children's dietary requirements, e.g. allergies, cultural beliefs and to maximise the use of fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables, enabling cost effective delivery of service.
• Regularly communicate with room Educators and families to ascertain specific dietary requirements for each child.
• Prepare a 6-week menu, which includes all food and beverages, and indicate expected financial costings.
• Communicate effectively with food suppliers to ensure efficiency of ordering and delivering high quality produce and service.
• Utilise online ordering services to purchase groceries and supplies ensuring efficiencies in managing menus and stock controls.
• Maintain and document all requirements regarding financial management of program, food, budget, credit card expenditure and reconciliation. 
• Develop and maintain documentation of the menu e.g. purchasing, quantities, menu planning and recipes. 
• Undertake on-line credit card reconciliations and finalise monthly statements. 
• Support staff in implementing effective food handling practice. 
• Ensure that all displays in relation to service menu and nutrition are up to date, professional and maintained. 

The skills and experience you'll bring to the role:

• Complete Food Handler's Training - current certificate (supervisor level). 
• Knowledge of and demonstrated ability to operate kitchen equipment. 
• Knowledge and understanding of the new Education and Care National Law and Regulations 2011, and National Quality Standards and its application and requirements to the service role of the position.
• Demonstrated experience in cooking for large numbers of children, particularly for those with specialist dietary requirements including food allergies. 
• Demonstrated experience in planning a menu that is consistent with the cultural diversity of the centre. 
• Demonstrated ability to provide a diverse menu which offers children choice and variety. 
• Effective time management skills include the ability to provide meals at required times. 
• Ability to work independently to ensure: 
• Meals are prepared according to the menu planned. 
• Goods required for meal preparation are purchased prior to commencement of meal preparation. 
• Budgetary skills include the ability to manage over and under expenditure within scope of the position. 
• Ability to relate well to young children and their families. 
• Ability to deal sensitively with cultural, social, emotional, and economic issues related to children and their families. 
• Ability to resolve minor problems.

Required Certifications & Qualifications

The following qualifications and experience are required for the position: 

• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery 

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we're committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We're better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We're in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

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