Kitchen and Food Manager for Mimer Cultural House in Valsta

Sigtuna Municipality is a place of great diversity. Here you will find a vibrant countryside, a small town, and an international airport. A rich cultural heritage and cultural diversity. A proud history and ambitious future plans. Perhaps this is why the drive to grow, change, and develop is so strong. It is also why working here is so exciting. With us, you become part of a flat-hierarchy and innovative culture where we help each other and value each other's knowledge, differences, and experiences. The work is often varied, sometimes challenging, but always meaningful. Welcome!

The Department of Culture and Leisure works to promote cultural and leisure activities in the municipality. We are a politically governed service organization where the residents are our clients. Together, we find new ideas and solutions that contribute to the residents' quality of life, sustainability, health, integration, and reduced social exclusion.

Right now, something big is also happening in Valsta in Sigtuna Municipality. In the middle of the square, a brand new cultural house - Mimer - is rising. The building is designed so that both residents and organizations can meet and develop in new ways. Behind the large windows, dynamic content is growing. Here, the library, media studio, creative workshop, stage, café, meeting rooms, and municipal services are gathered under one roof. Together, these activities will form a living cultural house that contributes to a safe and sustainable Valsta.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to be part of creating something entirely new where art, culture, and flavors meet? At the turn of the year 2026/27, we will open the new cultural house Mimer in Valsta, and we are now looking for an engaged and creative kitchen/food manager who wants to be involved from the start.

Here, a living Art Café is being created where creativity and good flavors meet in an environment inspired by art and culture from around the world. We want to invite visitors to participate and create a place where people meet and are inspired.

In this role, you will have overall responsibility for developing and running the kitchen and food in the café operations, while also being a co-creator in the artistic activities in the café with a food and beverage perspective. You will work operationally in the café but primarily creatively and developmentally regarding the offerings served, food and beverage culture linked to artistic activities and experiences for visitors.

The responsibilities include, among other things:

• Responsible for the operation and development of food/kitchen within the café activities.
• Create a welcoming environment where food, culture, and art meet.
• Plan and conduct food/beverage activities in the café.
• Involving and inviting visitors to participate and create.
• Collaborate with artists, cultural actors, food experts, suppliers, and other partners.
• Contribute to the development of the cultural house's content and expression.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who have:

• Experience working in café operations.
• Basic education in food handling.
• Knowledge of or experience with artistic creation.
• Ability to practice, educate, or lead others in creative creation within food and beverages.

We would like you to have:

• Experience or education in food and beverage-related creation.
• Experience or knowledge of running a café, preferably your own business.

You have an interest in art, culture, and food and want to actively contribute to giving more people access and the opportunity to express themselves.

To succeed in the role, we see that you are a creative and development-oriented person who has the ability to create new experiences and contribute ideas that develop the operations. You are secure and stable in your way of leading both operations and people, and you have a natural ability to collaborate and enjoy working with others. At the same time, you are result-oriented and have the ability to turn ideas into practice, create structure in the operational work, and get things done. You are also a person who likes people and meetings and thrives in a social and lively environment where you actively contribute to community and participation.

We warmly welcome your application.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.

You apply easily by attaching your CV and answering a few selection questions related to this position. However, we ask that you do not attach a cover letter.

As part of the recruitment process, an extract from the criminal record will be requested from the final candidate before employment can be offered.

As an employee of Sigtuna Municipality, you will benefit from a number of perks, including automatic membership in the Staff Club where you can participate in various activities. Please read more about our other perks and what it is like to work with us in Sigtuna Municipality!

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