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We have made a decision! We want to be a leading municipality – and we have everything it takes to succeed. Short decision-making paths, collaboration across organizational boundaries, and the willingness to dare more. Our high ambitions provide you with opportunities to grow and create positive change for the citizens. As an employee of Ekerö municipality, you will have a valuable role in our unique island world – and we look forward to your application.

Food production is part of the Department of Children and Education and consists of 28 kitchen units in Ekerö municipality's schools, preschools, and nursing homes. We have a total of 80 employees within Food Production, centrally led by a head chef and a deputy head chef.

Job Description

We believe in you and your abilities – that’s why we give you great freedom in your role. Many who work with us appreciate the trust and responsibility they receive in our municipality, as it contributes to much learning and development in everyday life. To succeed, you need to be confident in yourself, your profession, and have the ability to both take initiative and set boundaries.

If you want to work with joy in food and service - this is the job for you!

We are looking for someone who plans and organizes their work in such a way that the love for the craft is evident to the diners. As a chef, you will be offered a varied job in a team where everyone helps with all tasks in the kitchen. To prepare good and safe meals for our diners, you need to be skilled and meticulous in your work. In the kitchen's daily routine, you will have various contacts with colleagues and diners, so it is important that you can communicate well in Swedish.

You are attentive to what your diners think and look forward to working with the head chef to develop the dining experience.

The position is full-time with daytime work and every other weekend.

In the kitchen, lunch and dinner are prepared for about 85 residents, as well as meal boxes for pickup by home care services.

You should be able to work according to established goals, guidelines, and financial frameworks. As an employee with us, we want you to be a good representative of Ekerö municipality and relate to the municipality's common values; engagement, communication, and professionalism.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you should:

• Have a high school chef education, a relevant apprenticeship, or other qualifications that we assess as equivalent.
• Have good knowledge of various cooking techniques and common food allergies.
• Be self-sufficient and quality-conscious in your work.
• Meals are an important part of our residents' daily lives, and collaboration between the kitchen and other professions is the foundation of our operations, which is why we place great importance on your social and communicative skills.
• Since you will handle allergies, recipes, and ingredient lists, good knowledge of Swedish is required.

Warm welcome with your application!

Start date: March 1 or by agreement
Scope: Full-time, daytime, every other weekend
Employment type: Permanent employment, probationary employment may apply

How to get to Ekerö municipality

About Ekerö municipality

We are a variety of different operations that together create a unique municipality – where we all help each other across unit and operational boundaries. We live our values, which means a great commitment, good communication with open dialogue, and a professional approach. As a smaller municipality in the Stockholm region, we can offer both proximity to each other and an ambitious development journey. To become a leading municipality, we need to bring in new perspectives, and we hope you want to contribute yours.

Ekerö municipality wants to be an attractive employer and strives for a clear focus on sustainability. Provided that the operation's ability to meet its goals remains, the municipality has a positive attitude towards remote work when possible.

We offer, for example, wellness grants, salary exchange for pensions, conversion of vacation day allowances to days off, and smoke-free working hours.
To quality assure our recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application digitally, and not via email or post.

We have already made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing and do not wish to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.