Kitchen Manager for Västra School's Kitchen

Hudiksvalls kommun · Full-time

Trädgårdsgatan 4, Hudiksvall, Sweden

Do you want to create food joy for children and students every day? We're now looking for a dedicated, service-oriented, and driven kitchen manager chef for Västra School's kitchen in Hudiksvall. Västra School's kitchen is one of the municipality's larger food production kitchens. Here, meals are prepared for students in grades F-6 and adapted school, as well as for several preschools in central Hudiksvall. The kitchen also functions as a resource kitchen, which means that production can be expanded when needed to support other operations or units, for example during crisis situations. We're looking for someone who has a strong commitment to public meals and who wants to combine cooking, work management, and development work in an important operation where meals contribute to students' health, well-being, and learning. Job Responsibilities As kitchen manager chef, you're responsible for the daily operations together with your colleagues. You lead, plan, and develop the operation with a focus on quality, sustainability, and excellent service. The role includes, among other things: Planning, preparing, and serving well-prepared, sustainable, and nutritious meals. Taking responsibility for daily operations and contributing to a positive work environment and good workplace satisfaction. Leading and distributing daily work and, together with the team, developing and streamlining the kitchen's working methods and routines. Managing purchasing based on the operation's needs, agreements, budget, goals, and guidelines. Ensuring that the operation complies with applicable regulations, guidelines, routines, and quality requirements for food handling and self-monitoring. Working with administrative tasks as well as monitoring finances, food waste, and other relevant key metrics. Being present in the dining hall during parts of the meal service to build good relationships with students, increase interest in healthy meals, and contribute to a welcoming dining environment. Your Profile Cooking education at least at the high school level. At least three years of experience working in a large-scale kitchen or similar operation. Experience leading and distributing daily work. Good computer skills and basic knowledge of digital systems. Good ability to express yourself in speaking and writing in Swedish. You see opportunities to develop meals according to changed goals, guidelines, and circumstances. With a focus on food joy for your diners, you meet the demands of the future of public meals. As a person, you're service-oriented and social. You have the interest and ability to collaborate, communicate, and build good relationships with students, staff, and colleagues. You also have good leadership skills where you can guide the team in the right direction, create engagement, and help the team work toward common goals. You're receptive, listen actively, work with knowledge sharing and dissemination. You can take initiative and contribute creative ideas. For us, understanding the entire food unit's operations is important and we support each other. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. About the Administration We sweep streets, plow roads, and build new ones as Hudiksvall's towns grow. We make sure parks bloom and ensure that the food waste you sort becomes biogas for cars and fertilizer on our fields. We prepare nutritious meals for our children, young people, and elderly – every day. We manage maps and GIS so society can develop. We ensure there's clean water in your tap and in nature and that our students get to and from school safely with school buses. We manage properties such as senior care facilities, schools, swimming pools, and sports halls – and keep them clean and nice. Together, we're the technical administration – part of Hudiksvall municipality. About Hudiksvall Municipality In the middle of Sweden, by the beautiful Hälsinge coast, lies Hudiksvall municipality - or perhaps better known as Glada Hudik. Here live 37,600 happy Hudiksvall residents, and more than half of us live in the countryside. In Hudiksvall municipality, distances are short to most things you want to do and need, and you have time left for what's important in life. Here there's proximity to contrasting environments, an active community life, and a business community with great drive - many world-leading companies are headquartered in our municipality. Hudiksvall municipality is the largest employer in the municipality. Together, we're 3,800 employees within 300 different professions who work every day to create value for those we're here for – our residents. It's a large and important assignment that should be permeated by security, openness, participation, and equality. In this way, we help each other build a society where all people are equally valuable. About Your Application Remember not to write sensitive personal information or evaluative information in your application. If you have protected personal information, we want you to apply by contacting the recruitment officer listed in the advertisement. Your application will become a public document according to the principle of public access. Read more about what we as an employer can offer you: www.hudiksvall.se/jobbahososs