Head Chef for Meal Services

Job Description - Head Chef at Västerås City Meal Services Västerås City has removed personal letters from the application process to ensure a fairer recruitment process. When submitting your application, you will answer a series of questions that will be crucial in our selection process. Are you ready to lead an engaged kitchen team, develop delicious menus, and drive a sustainable meal service focused on quality and innovation? Then the Head Chef role is your next challenge! At our Meal Services Unit, we view food as an important part of life. We are proud to make a difference every day by contributing to a functional daily life for our customers. Your Responsibilities You will have a challenging and varied job within the Meal Services Unit. You will work operationally in the kitchen alongside an engaged team of chefs and restaurant assistants. As Head Chef, you will lead and distribute daily work, striving together to deliver high-quality meals. You are a crucial link between the kitchen team, other colleagues, and management. This position involves working every other weekend. As Head Chef, you are responsible for following up and developing kitchen processes and routines, continuously improving operations. Your tasks include menu planning, ordering, follow-up on self-monitoring, and ensuring excellent food hygiene. You will contribute to learning and knowledge exchange, and collaborate on meal councils, theme days, and activities. You are also responsible for monitoring economics and key performance indicators, working with your manager to review statistics, menus, purchases, and food waste to ensure efficiency and sustainability. Your Qualifications We are seeking a trained chef or someone with relevant education for the role. You have experience working as a chef in large-scale kitchens. Excellent Swedish language skills (spoken and written) are required, as you will handle special diet recipes and hygiene regulations. Since the work is physically demanding, you must be able to perform physical tasks. Basic computer skills are necessary as the computer is an important work tool. Previous experience with ordering and cash handling is preferred. We seek someone who is calm, confident, and independent. You can make quick decisions, collaborate well with others, and easily adapt to changing circumstances. You are proactive and always strive to achieve results. Our Offer Our goal is for customers to feel welcome and satisfied with the food and service. We aim to ensure customers enjoy their meal and want to bring friends on their next visit! You'll be part of a tight-knit team of approximately 35 employees delivering meals within the Care and Welfare Administration. Daily, we prepare 1,500 lunches and 600 dinners across nine kitchens and restaurants. Meals are prepared as close to the customer as possible, using quality ingredients with an increasing focus on organic foods. You'll influence nutrition issues and deliver consistent quality through excellent systems and routines. You'll be part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we demonstrate decisiveness in both large and small matters. We live our core values in our interactions with each other and those we serve. Every day, year-round, we ensure Västerås functions smoothly. Together with your approximately 11,500 colleagues across the city, you'll have Sweden's most important job. The Meal Services Unit is part of the Care and Welfare Administration. Additional Information Position Duration: January 19, 2026 - January 19, 2027 Weekend work required Citizenship verification required during the interview process.