The Health and Care Administration is looking for you who want to make a difference!

We are responsible for the municipality's elderly and disability care, home healthcare, and the food unit. With over 1,000 dedicated employees, including nursing assistants, personal assistants, nurses, chefs, and many other important professions, we offer a workplace filled with community, commitment, and joy. Here you get the chance to work in a dynamic environment where competence and responsibility are highly valued, and where every day presents new, meaningful challenges.

Ludvika Municipality's Food Unit

The Food Unit has ambitious goals where cooking from scratch is a top priority. The possibilities are endless, from the schools' work with large kitchen operations, nutrition, and special diets in focus to the more restaurant-like kitchens within elderly care, where the fine balance of nutrition and restaurant-like quality of the dishes must meet.

Do you want to spice up life for others - apply as a chef with us!

Are you a chef who is passionate about cooking and service? We are looking for substitute chefs who want to promote a healthy lifestyle with good eating habits for the municipality's primary school students, children, and the elderly. Welcome to us!

In the food unit, about 90 chefs work in our 34 kitchens within primary schools, preschools, and elderly care. Every day we prepare approximately 4,400 servings for our diners. All kitchens are production kitchens, and we constantly strive for development and to increase the proportion of dishes made from scratch. We have the opportunity to purchase a certain amount of locally produced meat. We work with seasonal adjustments and take into account the environment and climate. This requires that you have the knowledge, willingness, education, and commitment needed. We are now looking for substitute chefs who have the desire to be part of the team that continues to develop the meal into one of the highlights of the day for our guests.

The food unit has three unit managers with a geographically divided food area each. All three areas have kitchens for primary schools, preschools, and elderly care. One food developer and one operations manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Work in a large kitchen with cooking in preschool, primary school, and elderly care with all tasks typically found in a large kitchen, such as preparation, cooking, serving, baking, dishwashing, cleaning, and receiving goods
• We value collaboration and service and expect you to contribute to a good working environment, for yourself and your colleagues. We do the job together!
• We cook a large part of the food from scratch, and you are responsible for preparing good, nutritious, and safe food according to our guidelines to meet the guests' needs
• In a large kitchen, planning is an important part of the work, and you are expected to be part of it as we always want to stay one step ahead with planning and preparations for upcoming days
• Ordering goods via a digital purchasing portal
• We use the food data program Matilda for self-control and menus
• Responsible for handling and preparing special diets
• Be involved and active in the work to reduce waste and food waste

Qualifications

• A genuine interest in the chef profession; you should enjoy cooking good food
• You need to have a chef's education and/or long experience from working in a professional kitchen
• Good computer skills as we use digital tools in our daily work
• You have good knowledge of special diets and feel comfortable working with them
• Good communication skills in Swedish, both orally and in writing, are required as you need to be able to read and understand recipes, work according to written routines, write emails, etc. You need to be able to make yourself understood in communication even outside our organization
• A good attitude towards our diners is important, and you should be positive and service-oriented. You should be ambitious, focus on the diners, and want to deliver high quality to the diners
• Be part of our team spirit, follow our guidelines, and be a good ambassador for Ludvika Municipality and the food unit

Meritorious

• A driver's license and access to a car is an advantage for you to be able to travel to different workplaces.
• Special knowledge in e.g., baking, consistency adaptation

What you get from us

In addition to working with exciting issues in a varied everyday life, you will have the opportunity to become part of an organization that maintains important community functions for residents in Ludvika Municipality. As an employee with us, you have access to wellness benefits, good opportunities for professional development, and the ability to exchange vacation day supplements. Please read more at ludvika.se under the heading Work with us.

In Ludvika Municipality, we work according to our value base Team Spirit, which consists of four principles: Relationships, Joy, Learning, and Drive. It is based on collaboration and cooperation, a sense of community, and a desire to continue developing. It is with Team Spirit that we take on our mission and strive towards our vision of being the municipality of the future, growth, and opportunities.

Other

To work with children and youth, you must present an extract from the police criminal record §9. The extract will be requested if employment becomes relevant.

Employment Conditions

Day and weekend work. Intermittent employment. Hourly substitute. Start date by agreement. Contractual salary. Please state salary expectations.

Inquiries

Staffing unit, tel: 0240-869 80

Union Contact

Municipal, through the municipality's switchboard tel: 0240-860 00

Application

Welcome to submit your application with CV and cover letter. We only accept applications via our recruitment system. Recruitment of candidates is ongoing. Therefore, apply today! The last application date is 2026-04-30.

We read all applications, and initial contact will be made via email.

If you have protected personal information, please contact the unit manager for the Staffing Unit: Theres Hedin through the switchboard 0240-860 00.

Interviews may take place via Teams.