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Cook with Diet Competence for the Kitchen Unit in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Do you want to make a difference in the daily lives of Stockholmers, and work in an exciting and growing district? With us, you will develop and grow with the task. We work to find new innovative ways of working for healthy and meaningful aging. To support this, we have an innovation center with outstanding welfare technology within care and social services. Together, we work to be a district in a safe city to grow up, live, and age in.

Do you want a job where you make a difference every day? The Kitchen Unit in the Enskede-Årsta-Vantör District Administration is now looking for a cook with diet competence who wants to contribute to good, nutritious, and sustainable food for the elderly.

Welcome to us

The Kitchen Unit has been run in-house by the district administration since March 1st. We prepare approximately 1,600 meals per day for the elderly care in Enskede-Årsta-Vantör. The food is delivered to our care and nursing homes as well as meal boxes to home care customers. We also have a restaurant operation where private individuals can buy lunch or meal boxes. The unit has 11 employees, two group leaders, and is managed by a unit manager.

With us, the meal is an important part of health, quality of life, and sustainable development. By preparing good, nutritious, and adapted food, we contribute to increased well-being for the elderly every day. Together, we work to create high-quality meals based on individual needs.

What we offer

With us, you get a meaningful and developing job where you contribute to increased well-being for the elderly in the district. You become part of an engaged team with good camaraderie and work in a business focused on quality, nutrition, and sustainability.

You will receive an introduction that makes you feel secure in your role and gives you the opportunity to use and develop your competence in diet and nutrition for the elderly.

Your role

As a cook with us, you have an important role in planning, preparing, and quality-assuring meals for the elderly. You work with a focus on good, nutritious, and adapted food based on individual needs.

Your tasks include cooking from scratch, handling special diets and consistency-adapted meals, and participating in menu planning. You work in accordance with current guidelines for food hygiene, self-control, and food safety.

The role also includes ordering goods, handling deliveries, and contributing to keeping the kitchen well-structured and of high quality in daily work. You collaborate closely with your colleagues and contribute to a good work climate.

Your competence and experience

For the role, you need:

• Upper secondary education within restaurant and food with a focus on cooking, vocational training as a cook, or other education that the employer deems equivalent
• Good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing
• Ability to work independently and in a team

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience working in a large kitchen or public operations
• Experience working with special diets and adapted meals

You have knowledge of diet, nutrition, and special diets, as well as understanding of food hygiene. As a person, you are responsible, structured, and have good collaborative skills. You thrive working at a high pace and have a professional approach to your work.

Other

Working hours are scheduled on weekdays and weekends according to a rolling 2-week schedule where you work 37 hours per week.

The Kitchen Unit is located at Åstorpsringen 28 in Enskededalen.

Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

The position may be filled by internal applicants.

Stockholm City works with competence-based recruitment aimed at considering each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.

Enskede Årsta Vantör is one of 11 district administrations in Stockholm City. As part of Stockholm City, the administration provides preschool and leisure, care for the elderly and disabled, social services, preventive and security work, urban development, and park maintenance to our 105,000 residents in the district. We face exciting challenges as the Enskede Årsta Vantör district grows and entirely new neighborhoods are built. Approximately 18,000 new apartments are planned by the year 2030.

To work with the elderly and people with disabilities in their homes for Stockholm City, you must show an extract from the criminal record register. The extract must not be older than 6 months from the date of issue.