At Happy Hearts, our children come first. We have created a safe, inspiring and nurturing environment that allows children begin their journey of self-discovery. We help them build their confidence, self awareness and emotional intelligence.

We care for children from 6 weeks to Kindergarten. We are a growing family business that takes pride in our Centre's and offer the best possible outcomes to our families. Our service is looking for a qualified and experienced Chef/ Cook to join our team.

About the Centre

We are a recently renovated Centre with outstanding design features and engaging environments. We pride ourselves in providing the upmost high quality care. We endeavor to connect with our community and establish long lasting relationships.

The Role

We are looking for a highly motivated Centre Chef/ Cook who can manage our beautiful kitchen space. This role will be responsible for menu planning, ordering, prepping and cooking daily meals in a fast paced environment.

The service offers Breakfast, Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea and baked daily treats for our Families. We are looking for a highly motivated person who is passionate about providing healthy and nutritious meals to our children and who prides themselves on cleanliness. Allergen awareness is essential and is a high priority in day to day managing.

This position is a Monday to Friday, NO WEEKENDS!

Relationships keep our Hearts Happy!

Developing positive relationships within our Centre community, local community and global community is at the Centre of all we do at Happy Hearts. We care for our team and value your contributions. Being part of our team means you will have access to Professional and Personal Development as well as our unique Wellbeing Program.

Wellbeing Program

At Happy Hearts, we value our Educators wellbeing and have created an initiative to support this. All of our Educators have access to our Wellbeing Program which offers the following;

All uniforms paid for including a NAIDOC shirt.

Blue Card, First Aid and CPR all paid for

Monthly budget for Educators wellbeing

Staff Discounts

Required Qualifications & Desired Skills

A Growth Mindset,

A love of learning,

Ability in developing and maintaining positive relationships with children families and colleagues,

Suitable qualifications for the role, and prior experience running a Kitchen

Ability to meet deadlines and ensure food is presented on time and appealing to children.

Current Working With Children's Check - Blue Card,

Knowledge of relevant legislative policies, standards and requirements.

Food Safety Supervisor Certificate or willing to obtain one

Our Values

Our values guide our practice and we use these to build a positive and heart centred team culture.

H.E.A.R.T.S

HOLISTIC: We believe in a holistic approach to learning for children and adults. Everyone is unique and their skills, interests and abilities are honoured here at Happy Hearts.

ENVIORNMENT: We acknowledge and understand the importance of the environment for all who engage in our program. The environment we create is safe, homely, flexible, natural, inviting and is a third teacher within our program.

AUTHENTICITY: “Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is You'er than you.” – Dr Seuss. We value and respect the individuality of each other, our children and families. At Happy Hearts, everyone has a voice, we lead with kindness and everyone belongs.

RELATIONSHIPS: From the moment we are born, human beings form relationships with others. We understand the basic human need to connect with others and build positive, healthy, respectful relationships with each other, our children and families.

TEAM WORK: Respecting and honouring each other as we strive towards a common vision of high-quality early learning is what we do. We are not a team because we work together, we are a team because we respect, trust and care for each other.

SUPPORT: We understand that we are only as strong as the support that surrounds us and therefore value our Happy Hearts team members, our Owners and our wider support networks. We continually strive for excellence and have the support we need to achieve this.

If you believe you are the right person to join our Happy Hearts community please email Teighan, our incredible Centre Manager, including your resume and covering letter - [email protected]

We cant wait to meet you.