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Kitchen Hand | Gumdale

🍎 Bring your passion for food to our Gumdale Centre!

Journey Early Learning is seeking a passionate and enthusiastic Kitchen Hand to join our Gumdale team. Working 5 days per week, 35 hours per week, you’ll play an important role in preparing fresh, nutritious meals and snacks for the children in our care, while supporting healthy and enjoyable mealtimes.

About the role:

As a Kitchen Hand, you’ll work alongside our kitchen and centre team to help provide healthy and enjoyable mealtimes for our children.

You’ll support food preparation, maintain a clean and hygienic kitchen, and help ensure high standards of food safety are maintained throughout the day.

You’ll also have the opportunity to build positive relationships with children, educators and families and contribute to a welcoming centre environment.

About you:

You’re reliable, organised and enjoy working as part of a team. You take pride in maintaining a clean and safe kitchen and have a genuine interest in supporting children’s health and wellbeing through nutritious food.

Key skills and requirements:

• Previous experience working in a kitchen environment is desirable
• A genuine passion for preparing healthy and nutritious food
• Strong understanding of hygiene and food safety practices
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Reliable, organised and able to manage daily kitchen tasks
• Current Asthma, Anaphylaxis and First Aid Certificates, or willingness to obtain

What we offer:

• Childcare discounts*
• Anniversary Gifts to recognise you
• Paid Birthday Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Access to retail and lifestyle discounts
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities

If you’re passionate about food, enjoy working with a team and want to play an important role in supporting children’s health and wellbeing, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and join Journey Early Learning Gumdale — where it all begins.

At Journey Early Learning, the safety and well-being of every child is our top priority. We ensure every child every day is safe, secure and protected. We are united through Journey’s Commitment to Safeguarding Children and adhere to our See, Act, Tell framework, focusing on the prevention, recognition and response to abuse, neglect and harm.