Chef at Bottnaryd School

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We are growing in line with the municipality's development, with more residents, more housing, and a larger offering. We are always on the lookout for new skills - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Do you want to serve joy in food and contribute to a joyful learning experience? Do you want to be part of an engaged, service-oriented, and professional team? Then you should apply for the position of chef in our school restaurant!

Your New Job

We are currently seeking a chef for the new Bottnaryd School. There is a newly opened primary school for grades F-6 where the kitchen also prepares meals for Bottnaryd Preschool.

You will be part of a team consisting of a head chef and a kitchen assistant. You will report to the area manager and the head chef who leads and distributes the daily work on-site.

Examples of Job Duties:

• Serve delicious and well-prepared meals to the kitchen's young guests.
• Cook from scratch according to current guidelines for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
• Create meals that are healthy, environmentally sustainable, and flavorful for children and youth.
• Plan menus and order relevant goods.
• Be a good ambassador for the kitchen by involving students in the meals.
• Integrate meals into the learning and development of both children and students.
• Have the opportunity to influence young people's eating habits and health for a healthy life.
• Other tasks as required in a kitchen.

Welcome to Us

As a chef in our kitchens, you will work alongside cheerful, positive, and engaged colleagues who are passionate about creating good and healthy food and contributing to a positive school environment.

Creative kitchens create joy in food together. We work purposefully with a strong focus on food waste, preparedness, and meal pedagogy.

As an employee in Jönköping Municipality's Food Organization, you belong to a geographical area that includes several kitchens. You have a primary placement in one kitchen where you usually work. When circumstances change and the situation requires it, you may need to step in at other kitchens than your primary placement.

Your Competence

We are looking for someone who has a passion for cooking and a strong desire to prepare nutritious and flavorful meals from scratch, focusing on high-quality and sustainable ingredients. The food we serve should be both tasty and nutritious, and we place great importance on being able to adapt meals to the individual needs of the children.

As a person, you are a team player who thrives in collaboration with a larger kitchen team. You are used to working in cooperation with educators to create a safe and pleasant meal environment. You are happy to share your knowledge and joy of work, and you actively contribute to good cooperation in the kitchen.

We are looking for someone who can work within given guidelines but is also passionate about developing and improving our Food Organization. You see opportunities for improvements, take initiative, and contribute to raising both work processes and the quality of food.

• Have completed a chef's education.
• Be self-sufficient and able to work independently.
• Have good knowledge of special diets and allergens.
• Good ability to communicate with children and educators.
• Experience from large kitchens or similar is an advantage.
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing.
• Basic IT skills.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Good to Know

A very important quality is to be flexible and able to help where needs may arise.

Recruitment to other kitchen areas within the Food Organization may also be relevant via this advertisement.

To facilitate the recruitment process, we ask you to attach relevant certificates and grades for the position you are applying for. Please note that the school law requires all employees to present an extract from the criminal record.

Selection and interviews may occur before the application period has ended.

Want to Know More?

Welcome to contact one of the contact persons mentioned in the advertisement or seek out a union representative via the link below.

Together, we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position of chef.

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.