Job Advertisement: Chef at the Food Unit in Gnosjö Municipality

Our municipality is characterized by the well-known Gnosjö spirit. Here, entrepreneurship, helpfulness, and ingenuity show that anything is possible. Family business is in our DNA, and children get to try running their own business already in school.

In our workplace, the communication channels are short, and there is a closeness that only a small municipality can offer. We offer you a meaningful job in an exciting place. Here, there are opportunities for development and new bold ideas.

The Food Unit in Gnosjö has over 30 employees working in our eight production kitchens and five reception kitchens. The staff and the various kitchens are divided into three different teams with team leaders as the nearest supervisors. Team leaders form, together with the head of food, the management group of the food unit.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, sees opportunities instead of obstacles, and is flexible. With us, you have the chance to develop and make an impact. Involvement of all employees is our strength in change and development work. One aspect of our change work that affects your opportunities is that we are constantly moving towards improved quality by raising the bar and the level of our employees. In addition to working on the quality of food, we strive to improve the overall experience for our guests in collaboration with school and care staff.

The restaurant at Ekbackens School is a production kitchen and serves meals on weekdays to children and students from preschool class to grade 6 and to Ekbackens preschool. Ekbackens School is located in the picturesque Åsenhöga.

The Food Unit in Gnosjö Municipality has been named the Sustainable School Meal Municipality of the Year two years in a row by White Guide Junior, which we see as recognition for the work we put in and the values generated for our guests and for the municipality.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

You will work as a chef in a large kitchen and be part of a well-functioning team. Your work includes, among other things:

• Planning and preparation of meals
• Preparation and cooking of the salad buffet
• Preparation of special diets
• Ordering of goods
• Conducting self-control
• Ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
• Service and customer interaction

As a chef, you will have good opportunities to develop within the Food Unit in Gnosjö Municipality. We have an active development and quality work with a strong focus on sustainability. We work closely with our guests in dietary advice and develop our professional skills together.

QUALIFICATIONS

We see that you have a diploma from the upper secondary school's hotel and restaurant program, equivalent formal education and/or experience that the employer assesses as equivalent. You have a burning interest in cooking, are creative, and want to develop meals and the dining environment for our guests. You are flexible and see opportunities instead of obstacles. You are proactive, take initiative, and are a good team player. You put the guest at the center and have the ability to organize daily work. You have a B driver's license and good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing. As a person, you are calm, flexible, independent, can make quick decisions, and drive the work forward.

In your work, you are prepared to take responsibility and deliver good quality in a fast-paced environment. Food and cooking are close to your heart, and you share the belief that meals are an important part of everyday life. We prefer that you have good and documented experience of working in a large kitchen. Personal suitability is of great importance.

OTHER

Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously during the advertising period.

When you apply for a job with us, we will ask you to show a copy of your criminal record extract from the police. The extract we request is "School or preschool" and you need to request the extract yourself via a form that you can find on the police's website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/blanketter---skola-eller-forskola/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/skola-eller-forskola/blanketter---skola-eller-forskola/). Once you have received your extract, you will present it to the recruiting manager. Please note that the normal processing time at the police is about two weeks, so please order the extract when you apply for the position. The fastest way to get your extract is to use the e-service and order it online with BankID.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Gnosjö Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application via our recruitment tool "Public Jobs". Apply directly via the link in the advertisement.

Welcome with your application!

In preparation for the recruitment work, Gnosjö Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.