Experienced Cook for Preschool in Tensta

Welcome to us We are looking for a cook with solid experience for the Tensta preschool area within the Järva district administration. With us, you will have the opportunity to be part of an engaged team that works to create ecological and sustainable meals for our children. We want you, with your expertise and creativity, to help us develop our cooking so that every meal becomes a nutritious and enjoyable experience for the children. Greeting from your future manager My name is Aria Rashid and I am the principal of the Tensta preschool area. For me, it is important to have employees who enjoy their work, have a passion for their job, feel engaged, and like to take their own responsibility. As a manager and leader, I strive to create participation and make use of employees' own ideas and drive. I value open communication as a fundamental principle in my leadership. With us, everyone's ideas are valued and together we develop the preschool area's work to offer the best meals for the children at our preschools. We offer As a cook with us, you will be part of an engaged group of employees who want to offer children high-quality education, where pedagogical meals play an important role. As an employee of Stockholm City, you benefit from all the benefits the employer offers, including wellness allowance, work clothes, and shoes. Your role As a cook with us, you have an important and visible role in the preschool's daily life. You help awaken children's curiosity about food, flavors, and ingredients while contributing to food joy, well-being, and good meal experiences. Meals are a central part of preschool education and your work contributes to establishing positive values around food, health, sustainability, and the environment. We are looking for someone who is not only a skilled cook but also a relationship-building and communicative person who feels comfortable interacting with both children and adults. You see the kitchen as a natural part of the operation and actively contribute to collaboration with children, educators, guardians, and colleagues. In this role, you will be an important link between the kitchen and the activity, a key connector who creates the conditions for well-functioning meals and good cooperation. You have a strong interest in sustainable cooking and want to create nutritious, delicious, and varied meals with a focus on quality, seasonal adaptation, and reduced food waste. You see opportunities to inspire both children and adults toward sustainable eating habits through your engagement and knowledge. Your main responsibilities: Prepare good and nutritious meals from scratch and serve breakfast, lunch, and snacks Create meals that promote food joy and awaken children's interest in flavors, ingredients, and sustainable eating habits Actively collaborate with educators and other staff regarding the educational content of meals Be a visible and available adult for the children and contribute to positive relationships and a safe meal environment Plan purchases based on season, sustainability, quality, and budget Work actively to reduce food waste and increase the use of sustainable and organic food products Prepare nutritious special diets according to children's different needs and allergies Manage self-monitoring, food hygiene, dishwashing, and cleaning and ensure food handling is carried out in accordance with applicable legislation Receive and handle goods deliveries and be responsible for orders via the city's trading portal Take full responsibility for the kitchen at one of our preschools with three departments Your competence and experience We are looking for someone who has: excellent Swedish language skills to be able to express yourself extensively in speech and writing, a high school diploma from a restaurant and food program or another high school diploma followed by post-secondary education as a cook, multiple years of current experience as a cook in preschool/school/large kitchen where you have independently prepared meals from scratch, experience in preparing special diets and knowledge of food hygiene and nutrition science, experience working with computers with good knowledge of the Office package (Word and Excel), experience taking responsibility for budgets with an understanding of financial management, knowledge and experience seeking information about the food agency's guidelines for kitchens within preschools, knowledge and experience with self-monitoring, experience working with organic food products and sustainable purchasing, ability to plan and create nutritious and varied menus. It is a merit if you have: experience making food orders via computer in systems such as agresseo, training in food hygiene and food safety/HACCP (at least basic training approximately 1 day). Your personality and working style We place great emphasis on personal qualities, motivation, and engagement. To succeed in this role, you need to be confident in meeting people and have good social competence. You build good relationships with both children, guardians, and colleagues and contribute to a positive work environment through professional respectful interaction. You are communicative, service-oriented, and easy to collaborate with others. At the same time, you are self-driven and structured with a good ability to plan, prioritize, and organize your work. We are looking for someone who is engaged in sustainable development and genuinely interested in creating good, nutritious, and sustainable food of high quality. You are flexible, responsible, and solution-focused and see opportunities where others see obstacles. You listen, communicate, and handle challenges in a constructive manner and actively contribute to the development of both the kitchen and the preschool's activities. Other information In accordance with the salary transparency directive, the salary is disclosed between the 10th and 90th percentile. For this position, Stockholm City has a salary range between 31 190 SEK - 37 554 SEK. Individual and differentiated salary setting applies. Stockholm City applies applicable collective agreements concluded between Sweden's Municipalities and Regions (SKR) and relevant employee organizations.

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