Vacant job

Do you want to help create joy in food, health, and good habits for the future?

At Norlandia Preschools Inspiratören in Västerås, we are now looking for an engaged and self-reliant cook who wants to make a difference for our children every day. With us, the meal is an important part of the education, and we see food as a natural part of children's learning, health, and well-being.

We are looking for you who want to take responsibility for our kitchen and who proudly prepare nutritious, tasty, and sustainable meals for our children.

Description of the Cook Position

At our preschool, we view the meal as an important part of children's learning. Therefore, we are looking for you who enjoy meeting children in everyday life and who see the value in involving them in the kitchen's activities. This can involve, for example, talking about ingredients, sustainability, and cooking, or in various ways making the children participants in the meal's journey from raw ingredient to finished dish. You see food pedagogy as a natural part of your work and contribute to creating curiosity, joy in food, and good habits among the children.

As a cook with us, you are responsible for planning, preparing, and serving nutritious meals according to Norlandia's concept "Mat med smak" (Food with Taste). You work independently in the kitchen and have a central role in the preschool's work with health, sustainability, and joy in food.

Examples of Duties

• Plan and prepare breakfast, lunch, and snacks
• Ensure that meals maintain high quality and follow current nutritional recommendations
• Handle special diets and allergy-friendly food
• Responsible for orders, goods receipt, and storage
• Work according to self-control programs and food legislation
• Contribute to reducing food waste and promoting sustainable meals
• Collaborate with educators regarding food pedagogy and children's joy in food
• Responsible for the kitchen's daily operations, cleaning, and documentation

What We Offer You

At Norlandia, the meal is an important part of children's health, development, and learning. All our preschool kitchens are KRAV-certified, which means we work with high quality, sustainable food choices, and a large proportion of organic ingredients. We strive to create joy in food while taking responsibility for the environment and the future.

With us, you get the opportunity to work in a business where the meal is an important part of the children's day. You become part of an engaged team that works together to give the children the best conditions for learning and development.

• Collective agreement
• Health allowance
• A workplace with engaged educators and curious children

Qualifications and Personal Attributes

• Trained as a cook or has equivalent experience as assessed by the employer
• Has experience working in large kitchens, school kitchens, preschool kitchens, or restaurants
• Has good knowledge of food hygiene and self-control
• Is positive, engaged, and has a genuine interest in working with children
• Is solution-focused, flexible, and sees opportunities rather than obstacles
• Thrives working independently while being an important part of the team
• Has good ability to build relationships with children, guardians, and colleagues
• Has good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written

About Norlandia Preschools

We are a family-owned company operating a hundred preschools from Dalarna in the north to Scania in the south. Through our concepts, we focus on good food, health, and sustainability, with the goal of creating new discoveries every day.

We want our children to develop their curiosity and interest in food. Both our well-known classics and more modern variations. Within Norlandia, we have joint menus that we develop and test cook together with cooks in the organization. All Norlandia Preschools kitchens are KRAV-certified.

About Norlandia Preschools Inspiratören

The preschool is located a stone's throw from Råby Center, where the grounds are characterized by natural environments with trees, stones, and greenery that give children the opportunity to climb, discover, and play in close contact with nature. The preschool has space for 52 children and 9 educators, distributed across three departments. The kitchen is located in the middle of the building, forming a natural point where you, as a cook, meet the children, guardians, and educators.

Other Information

• Employment type: Permanent position with an initial probation period of 6 months
• Scope: Part-time, 75%
• Working hours: Daytime
• Start date: According to agreement

We apply individual salary setting and have a collective agreement. Interviews are conducted continuously, and the position may be filled before the application deadline. Great importance will be placed on personal suitability.

A certificate of good conduct (extract from the criminal record) is required upon employment.

If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

We warmly welcome your application!

Selection and interviews are conducted continuously, which means the position may be filled before the final application date. Therefore, do not wait to submit your application.

We look forward to hearing from you!

For questions about the position, you are warmly welcome to contact: Acting Principal, Johanna With. [email protected]