Childcare Caterer

Casual Childcare Caterer
 

Are you passionate about creating nutritious meals and making a positive impact on children’s lives? Join our team as a Casual Caterer at Central Coast Council. This is your chance to bring your love for food and care into a warm, supportive environment where every day you help little learners thrive.
• Support children’s wellbeing through fresh, nutritious meals.
• Enjoy flexible casual work up to 38 hours per week across Council’s Childcare Centres.
• Monday - Friday rostered as required between 8am - 2pm
• $41.78 per hour inclusive of 25% casual loading plus 12% superannuation.
 

About the role
The Casual Caterer - Childcare is a crucial role that ensures the delivery of highquality meals and snacks in our Childcare Centres. This position is responsible for preparing meals that adhere to nutritional guidelines and cater to the dietary and
developmental needs of children aged six weeks to five years. You will be expected to work flexibly, stepping in to cover absences while maintaining the highest standards of food safety and hygiene. Your contributions will directly enhance the well-being of children and support their growth in a nurturing environment.
 

Key activities of this role include:
• Prepare nutritious meals and snacks for children in care, following approved menus and recipes aligned with NSW Health nutritional guidelines.
• 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.
 

Applicant Profile
To be successful in this role, you will have:
• TAFE Certificate in Food Hygiene or equivalent experience in a similar role.
• Safe Food Handling Certificate and a current Working With Children Check.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and preparing nutritional meals for young children.
• Ability to work independently and respond flexibly to changing situations.
• Applicants will be required to undertake a course of vaccinations against Boostrix (Whooping Cough, Tetanus, Diptheria); MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) and Hepatitis A & B or demonstrate their immunity prior to commencement.
 

Offer Details
The commencing salary for this position is $41.78 per hour (includes 25% casual loading) plus 12% superannuation
 

Want to know more?
The contact person for this role is Kylie Payne, Section Manager Education and Care. You can contact Kylie on 0408 229 857.
 

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

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. 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 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.

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.

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

How to apply
We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided
in support of your application be shown
to be false. You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate. This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies. You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview. To lodge your application,
please follow these steps:
1. Click to apply
2. Answer the online questions
3. Attach your resume
4. 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. 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.