Address- Newly created, Permanent Full-Time position
- Scope, freedom and autonomy to share your love of good, delicious food!
- Free on-site parking – no weekly parking costs
- Salary + Super + NFP benefits up to $18,000, with an engaged leadership team
Seek Summary: Use your culinary skills, flare and passion, drive menu designs that inspire our chefs to create feel good food!
When you join MercyCare, you join something bigger. A community of staff that make a difference at the heart of the community. As a leading Western Australian not-for-profit provider of aged care, family, community, early learning, and disability services we support people throughout life’s journey. We invest in our people by building rewarding careers, offering training and development opportunities and a values-driven culture where our people can belong and thrive.
About the role
Join our team in this new role leading our Chefs across our Residential Aged Care Facilities to bring best practices in the creation of a dining experience that nourishes our residents while tasting amazing. This role gives you the scope to bring creativity to the table with innovative, seasonal menus, and will lead, train and manage our kitchen teams to cook with flair.
About you
You'll be looking for a role that combines your love of food with an understanding how meeting nurtritional requirements can maximise wellbeing. You’ll be driven by mindset of continuous improvement, coaching others and want a role where your creativity is welcomed. Ideally you'll have experience of success in a similar health or aged care related environment, leadership experience and take pride delivering flavour. Your key experience will include:
- Qualification in Hospitality or the culinary arts.
- Proven experience as a Chef or in a similar role within a health setting.
- Creative flair that makes food something to truly enjoy
- Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills to grow a team that delivers
- The ability to multitask and thrive under pressure - something we know chefs have
- Good skills with online systems for menu planning, inventory, and scheduling
- National Police Clearance obtained within the last six months
- Driver's license to lead our sites located from Joondalup to Maddington
What we offer:
You’ll join an inclusive, diverse and values driven team in a locally based organisation, deeply committed to our community and supporting older Western Australians to live their best lives. We know great food is a big part of that! We authentically care about our people, providing opportunity to learn, grown and develop. Along with a leadership team that wants your expertise you’ll also receive:
- Career and professional development with scope to shine and bring creativity to our menus
- Competitive salary and generous not for profit, so there are salary packaging options up to $18,000
- Employee Benefits & discounted Childcare for your little ones
- Options to purchase additional leave for work life balance
- Supportive work environment to be your best with professional development and training
To Apply
Are you ready to spice up your career? Click Apply Now and upload your details. Applications close on 19 May 2024. But apply now as the recruitment process will progress on receipt of applications.
At MercyCare, every person matters.
With our 175-year legacy extending back to the Catholic Sisters of Mercy, today we stand proud to make a positive difference in our local communities. We live by our values – respect, integrity, compassion, justice, excellence, and courage.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children, young people and the vulnerable. We invite applications from people from all walks of life, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and those from diverse ages, cultures, faiths, abilities, gender and sexuality.
