Gowrie is seeking a cook for our early childhood education and care centre located in Karawara, within the City of South Perth. The successful applicant will be responsible for preparing and cooking nutritious snacks and meals for young children. If you love to cook for your family and friends, this role could be perfect for you.

The responsibilities of the cook role include, but are not limited to: ordering groceries; cooking and planning snacks and meals for all children including those with allergies and other dietary requirements; reviewing menus in consultation with the team from time to time; and maintaining a food safety program and records (that we can teach you all about it you aren't familiar with this).

We can't wait to welcome someone who loves to cook homely and healthy meals and snacks that bring happiness to you and others, to our team!

Do you want extra hours, on top of the kitchen hours, to bolster your pay? We can offer centre cleaning tasks also. Feel free to ask us about this if you would like to find out more.

Who is Gowrie?

Gowrie is the oldest provider of high-quality early childhood education and care in Western Australia. We were established in 1940 by the then Governor’s wife, Lady Zara Gowrie. Since our establishment 85 years ago, Gowrie has been supporting and providing quality community-based not-for-profit early education and care to children and families.

At Gowrie, our purpose is to nurture the potential of the formative years for the benefit of the children, families and community.

To enable us to fulfil our purpose, we value childhood and lifelong learning and we strive to provide children space to play, explore, learn, develop, and build healthy relationships. We enable each child to reach their full potential and we place great emphasis on providing holistic and positive experiences for children, families, the community, and our people. Our organisation offers services and high-quality care and education through our early years centres and our family and community centre.

The successful candidate for this exciting role will:

Have experience in a home or commercial kitchen

Understand food safety standards and our food safety plan or be willing to learn

Have a willingness to be the Food Safety Supervisor

Understand nutritional requirements for young children or a willingness to learn them

Understand and appreciate dietary and cultural requirements

Undertake record keeping

Conduct menu planning (with assistance, and in consultation with others, from time to time)

Conduct food preparation

Maintain a clean, safe and hygienic work area

Enjoy cooking and presenting food

We want someone who can show an impeccable ability to demonstrate the below characteristics that require no qualification or special talent:

Being punctual

Possessing a positive and can-do attitude

Being passionate and committed

Making an effort and doing a little extra

Using great body language including a smile

Bringing positive energy

Having a strong work ethic

It is essential that the successful applicant has good written and verbal skills, is passionate about providing healthy snacks and meals for young children, has a friendly approach and positive attitude towards children, and has experience in a home or commercial kitchen. It is important our new cook can work autonomously, and also within a team environment with our amazing people, is pro-active and uses initiative, and understands the importance of good team culture.

Gowrie will provide you with:

A unique and special environment to work in where you can feel you make a positive difference

Wonderful working conditions with great pay and awesome work/life balance

A supportive and brilliant team that only wants the best and who gives 110% commitment

A dedicated break at Christmas/New Year so you can spend time with family and friends

Comfortable uniform

If you would like a copy of the job description, or have any queries, please email us at [email protected].

To see what Gowrie is all about, check out our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/gowriewa and/or our website: www.gowrie-wa.com.au

The journey to your dream job could be only a click away. To be part of our amazing team, please email [email protected] with your resume and cover letter.

Gowrie Western Australia has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse. Our organisation is committed to ensuring all children feel valued and safe. We implement and advocate for child safe environments. Robust and transparent vetting and human resource practices are strictly adhered to during the recruitment process inclusive of application, interview and reference checking. Those who apply for a role at Gowrie Western Australia should be conscious that our organisation will carry out thorough checks through references and employment history based on organisational requirements. This helps to ensure we are recruiting the right people for our organisation, and for the safe guarding of children. All members of the Gowrie Western Australia team are aware of child safe practices and must alert leaders if they have any concerns.

Gowrie WA is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities.