Overview
Location: Bayside Council, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Children's Services Cook
Permanent Part Time, Monday to Friday, 6hrs per day, 30hrs per week. Mascot location, free all day parking, rewarding retention allowance. Join a committed team and centre exceeding the national quality framework.
The City Life directorate delivers personalised and public services to enhance community life, including family, aged, leisure and cultural services.
About The Role
Provide quality nutritious and well-balanced meals on a daily basis for children at the centre in line with individual needs and cultural requirements.
Responsibilities
* Prepare, set up and serve a varied range of nutritious, tasty, and well-presented meals catering for children's individual and cultural requirements, experiences, and situations.
* Covering lunch, morning and afternoon tea.
* Communicate openly, positively, and respectfully to develop and maintain effective and respectful relationships with children, families, Early Childhood Professions and Regulatory Departments and ensure privacy and confidentiality is maintained.
* Maintain the kitchen, all equipment, and utensils in a clean and hygienic manner and in working order, as well as ensure that the service cleaning schedule also meets the requirements of Australian Food Safety Standards, the Local Government Food Act, and relevant Health Regulations requirements.
* Order stock in consultation with the Education and Care Service Director and reconcile all food orders against invoice to ensure accuracy and control of costs within budget.
* Source and purchase from local suppliers where possible and contribute to children's vegetable and herb gardens.
* Assess current providers to ensure the service receives the highest level of fresh quality food.
* Complete food safety documents and reports and ensure ongoing food safety supervision to comply with external audit purposes.
* Undertake responsibilities as a Mandatory Reporter to follow and adhere to Child Protection guidelines.
* Promote the positive and collaborative culture and values of the organisation through open, fair, and transparent decision making and ethical, professional behaviors.
* Work in collaboration with and assist the team, manager, and other key stakeholders to achieve business unit goals, work requests, demands and Council priorities.
Qualifications
* Accredited training in Food Safety / Handling and Nutrition.
* Relevant experience catering for 0 – 5 year old children, including special dietary and cultural requirements.
* Current First Aid Certificate relevant to the role.
* Working with Children Check number (NSW).
* Food Safety Supervisor Certificate
* Knowledge of the National Law and Regulations, National Quality Framework, Australian Food Standards, the Local Government Food Act and Child Protection legislation and regulation.
Our Benefits And Culture
As an organisation, we pride ourselves in offering a flexible working environment centred on delivering great outcomes for our customers, whether internal or external. Bayside Council has a strong culture of collaboration and delivering exciting new initiatives for our community.
On top of the competitive salary, our people enjoy.
* 3 extra days off during Christmas each year (pro rata)
* 15 days sick leave each year (pro rata)
* 2 days health and wellbeing leave each year (pro rata)
* Additional parental leave entitlements for both parents (pro rata)
* Gym membership discounts
Apply now
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Deadline: Monday 2 February, 2026.
Salary: From $45,144.40 to $50,560.48 pa, plus retention allowance of upto $5,885.67 pa, plus 12% superannuation
Applicants may be required to satisfactorily undertake a Criminal History Check, Medical and/or Working with Children check in accordance with the position.
Bayside Council is proud to be both an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Child-Safe Organisation. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and safe workplace where all individuals regardless of background, experience, or identity, feel valued and respected. We also recognise the rights of children and young people to feel safe when accessing Council services, and we strive to maintain an environment that promotes their safety and wellbeing. All hiring decisions are based solely on individual merit and alignment with requirements of the role. Applicants can request a reasonable adjustment at any stage during the recruitment process by getting in touch with our Talent Acquisition team to discuss their needs in confidence.
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