About this role
Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We grow in line with the municipality's development, with more residents, more housing, and a broader range of services. We are always seeking new talent - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, sharing the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.
Do you want one of the most important and enjoyable assignments available? As a chef with us, you will contribute to culinary joy throughout the day for an enjoyable learning experience!
Your New Job
We are seeking a chef for Tenhult School.
You will be part of a team of 3 chefs & 1 head chef, preparing meals for approximately 500 students. Together, you will work on planning, preparing, and cooking food that not only satisfies taste buds but also promotes health, well-being, and learning. Our school prioritizes sustainability and locally sourced ingredients, and we welcome candidates with a knack for varying menus to suit school children.
Example Tasks:
- Serve delicious and well-prepared meals
- Cook from scratch according to guidelines for breakfast, lunch, and snacks
- Create meals that are healthy, environmentally sustainable, and flavorful
- Help plan nutritionally balanced menus and order current ingredients
- Be a great kitchen ambassador, involving children in meals
- Integrate meals into children's learning
- Opportunity to influence young people's eating habits and health for a healthy lifestyle
- Collaborate in a kitchen team of chefs to prepare school meals
- Other typical kitchen tasks
Welcome to Us
As a chef in our kitchens, you'll work with happy, positive, and committed colleagues who are passionate about creating good, healthy food and contributing to a positive school environment.
Creative kitchens generate culinary joy together. We work purposefully with a strong focus on food waste, preparedness, and meal pedagogy.
As an employee in Jönköping Municipality's catering organization, you belong to a geographical area with multiple kitchens. You will have a primary placement in one kitchen where you typically work. When circumstances change and the situation requires, you may need to step in at other kitchens.
Your Competence
We are seeking candidates who:
- Have completed chef training
- Are self-driven and can work independently
- Have good knowledge of special diets and allergens
- Communicate well with children and educators
- Preferably have experience in large-scale kitchen or similar settings
- Have excellent Swedish language skills, both verbal and written
- Have basic IT skills
We place significant emphasis on personal suitability.
Important to Know
A crucial characteristic is being flexible and able to help where needs arise.
To facilitate the recruitment process, please attach relevant certificates and grades for the position. Note that school regulations require all employees to present an extract from the criminal record registry.
Selection and interviews may occur before the application deadline.
Recruitment for other kitchen areas within the catering organization may also be possible through this advertisement.
Want to Know More?
Feel free to contact the reference persons in the advertisement or reach out to a union representative via the link below.
Together, we make Jönköping Municipality better - for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the chef position.
Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace free from discrimination and providing equal opportunities for all.
For the recruitment process, we have considered recruitment channels and marketing. We kindly but firmly request no calls regarding advertising or recruitment assistance.