Food Co-Worker

**Job ID**: 291614
- **Date posted**: 21/05/2025

**Our team within IKEA**At IKEA, our vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. We believe that everything we do comes with the responsibility to create a positive impact on people, society and the planet. We are passionate about home furnishing, creating a positive life at home and sharing our tasty responsibly sourced food with the many people across the world.We are guided by our cultures & values, creating a great place to work. We stand for equality, diversity and inclusion.We care about people & planet and promote health & wellbeing.We nurture your development and provide career opportunities to unlock your potential. **What you need to know**Working at IKEA has its benefits and rewards:

- $27.35 base hourly pay rate
- Above award rates and penalty rates (including Sunday and Public Holidays)
- 5 weeks' Paid Annual Leave, Paid Parental Leave, Family & Community Leave and much more
- 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program for health and wellbeing support
- 15% Co-worker discount
- Low-cost nutritious meals including complimentary drinks in our Co-worker restaurant
- Co-worker uniform provided
- Free Co-worker parking
- Bonus programme (where eligible)
- Benefits Membership (savings and discounts on everyday expenses, entertainment, retail and well-being offers across hundreds of retailers and service providers)
- Co-worker Loyalty programme (extra contribution to your superannuation fund where eligible)

Additional Information:

- These roles are Permanent Part-time and range from 40hrs/fortnight.
- The internal job title for this role is IKEA Food Co-worker.
- The shift times required to work will be spread between 9:00am to 9:30pm weekdays and weekends.
- You also have the availability to work 3 out of 4 weekends in a month (both Saturday and Sunday).

?RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND KEY DATES
- If you are successful for this role, you will be required to attend a 2-day Welcome induction on Monday 23rd June and Tuesday 24th June 9am-5pm.

**About this work area**As an IKEA Food Co-worker your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:Commercial:

- Ensuring your area is efficiently maintained in compliance with Food standards by keeping it clean, organised, attractive and inviting to provide a positive customer experience.
- Food preparation and customer service with a focus on food safety, controlling waste, and following production levels.
- Clearing tables, wiping down benchtops and stocktake.
- Active selling, cash handling and customer service.

Operations:

- Ensuring your area is efficiently maintained in compliance with Food standards by keeping it clean, organised, attractive and inviting to provide a positive customer experience.
- Food preparation, cooking, serving and customer service with a focus on food safety, controlling waste, and following production levels and cooking methods.
- Processing dishes and maintaining the washing up area and machines whilst supporting and maintaining the cleanliness of the customer restaurant.
- Using your IKEA Food knowledge to exceed customer expectations, confidently answering their questions so they can make informed purchase decisions.

As an IKEA Food Co-worker, you are or have:

- Passionate, committed, and have a love for food in its quality and presentation.
- High customer-centric approach as you will focus on ensuring our customers have a positive dining experience.
- Experienced with working in a fast paced, hands-on environment. Previous hospitality and cookery experience is essential.
- Previous hospitality and commercial cookery experience is highly regarded.
- An energetic and team-focused approach as this department can become extremely busy.
- Able to follow strict IKEA Food and HACCP policies and daily operational routines around quality and food safety, including temperature and date checks.

**We need people like you**At IKEA, work is so much more than a job. Come join us