Chef to the Nutrition Unit in Ludvika Municipality

The Health and Care Administration is looking for someone who wants to make a difference! We are responsible for the municipality's elderly and disability care, home healthcare, and nutrition 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.

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

The nutrition unit of Ludvika Municipality has ambitious goals where cooking from scratch is a top priority. The possibilities are endless, from the schools' work with large kitchen operations, nutrition education, 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.

Are you a chef who is passionate about cooking and service? We are looking for you 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!

The Workplace

Within the nutrition unit, about 90 chefs work in our 34 kitchens within primary school, preschool, and elderly care. Every day we prepare approximately 4,300 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 proportion of locally produced meat. We work with seasonal adjustments and take into account the environment and climate.

We are now looking for a temporary chef for the nutrition unit located at Solsidan, where there is a preschool with about 90 places and a special accommodation with about 40 places. You will be part of a team of 4 chefs. In the kitchen, we rotate through various tasks such as kitchen, dishwashing, special diets, serving, and bakery, and everyone takes responsibility for their position. The kitchen has a high level of ambition and bakes a lot of bread ourselves, as well as prepares most of the food from scratch.

If you are the one who has the knowledge, willingness, education, and commitment needed to be part of the team that continues to develop meals into one of the highlights of the day for our guests, then you are welcome to apply. The nutrition unit has a manager, three unit managers with a geographically divided food area each, and a food developer. All three food areas have kitchens for primary school, preschool, and elderly care.

Job Responsibilities

• Work in a large kitchen with cooking for preschool and elderly care with all tasks occurring in a large kitchen such as preparation, cooking, serving, baking, dishwashing, cleaning, and receiving goods
• The position primarily applies to this workplace, but you should be prepared to work in all our kitchens as needed, e.g., during vacation periods.
• We value collaboration and service and expect you to contribute to a good working environment, for yourself and for your colleagues. We do the job together!
• We cook 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 the coming days
• Ordering 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 communication
• 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 and staff 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 nutrition unit

Meritorious

• 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 societal functions for residents in Ludvika Municipality. As an employee with us, you have access to wellness benefits, good opportunities for professional development, and the exchange of vacation day supplements. Please read more at ludvika.se under the heading Work with us.

In Ludvika Municipality, we work according to our values, 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 young people, you must present an extract from the police's criminal record §9. The extract will be requested if employment becomes relevant.

If you have a protected identity, do not apply for the job here on the web, please contact us instead.

Employment Conditions

Temporary full-time position valid until 2026-08-12. You work on a schedule with work every third weekend. 37/37 employment. Fixed salary. State salary requirements.

Start as soon as possible.

Number of positions: 1

Inquiries

Anneli Lindahl, unit manager 0240-56 54 05

Union Contact

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

Application

Welcome to submit your application with CV and cover letter by February 28, 2026

We only accept applications via our recruitment system.