• Permanent part-time | 32 hours per week
• Melbourne – Brunswick East

CERES MERRI CAFE IS NO ORDINARY NOT-FOR-PROFIT

The Merri Cafe links growing, cooking, eating and learning – to put food back at the centre of our lives in a way that benefits the community.

Serving a changing menu of local, organic, seasonal and whole foods in a welcoming and casual space, The Merri Cafe provides a lunch and catering service to the CERES visitors and community.

The Merri Cafe is a licensed restaurant, with menus showcasing the best products from our Victorian producers and farmers.

The cafe is open 7 days a week from 8.30 am – 3 pm.

WHERE YOU COME IN

The Merri Cafe Cook plays a key role in the daily operations of the cafe enterprise. They will be responsible for ensuring that all food preparation is completed to a high standard and that food service is working to deliver high-quality food so that customer needs are met and operational efficiencies are maintained.

You will make an impact by:

• Supporting general enterprise operations such as food service, stock control, and equipment operation as required.

• Advising the Lead Chef/Supervisor on quality control, stock wastage and equipment issues in a timely manner.

• Ensuring that all back-of-house operations are conducted in a professional manner.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

This role requires:

• A passion for cooking local, organic, seasonal, and vegetarian food.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Strong communication skills.
• A willingness to learn, and develop knowledge and skills.
• Ability to work weekends.

Qualifications:

• Safe Food Handling Certificate.

WORKING AT CERES IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place and working with others who feel the same.

In addition to a connection to social causes you will have access to:

• Agile working environment including working from home
• Collaborative, values-centred and highly supportive team environment
• Access to all CERES’ unique environments including the park with strong links to the environment and community
• Generous staff discounts across many CERES enterprises.

SOUND INTERESTING?

We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document.

Please see the full Position Description attached.

CERES is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment without risk to the health of its employees, consistent with our obligations under Occupational Health and Safety legislation. If you are successful in this role, you may be asked to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19, or that you have proof of medical exemption from the vaccine. Acceptable evidence includes a COVID-19 digital certificate stored on an appropriate App on your phone.

At CERES we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, culture and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability and others to apply.

CERES Child Safe standards;

• In line with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safety Standards) Act 2015, CERES is committed to upholding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, to the best of its abilities and resources.
• CERES Upholds itself as an organisation committed to the right to survival, protection, development, participation and empowerment of all children and young people.
• Is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, young people and children and young people from culturally diverse and/or linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and to providing a safe environment for children and young people with a disability.