Cook for Sickla School (Temporary Position), Nacka Municipality

Nacka kommun · Vollzeit

Granitvägen 13-17, Nacka, Schweden

Would you like to be part of creating joy through food for students every day? Do you have knowledge of allergens and special diets? Sickla School is now seeking a cook with a focus on special dietary needs. With us, you'll be an important part of a dedicated kitchen team that prepares delicious and nutritious food from scratch every day. Together, we create a safe, comfortable, and welcoming dining environment for our students and staff. We look forward to your application! This position is a temporary role starting immediately or by agreement until March 31, 2027. Your Assignment As a cook at Sickla School, you are an important part of the school's educational activities, where meals are seen as a natural part of students' education, health, and wellbeing. Together with two cooks, two kitchen assistants, and a dishwashing assistant, you will prepare and serve approximately 700 portions of delicious, nutritious, and climate-smart food made from scratch daily for children, students, and staff at Sickla School as well as two nearby preschools. In this role, you have special responsibility for preparing special diet meals and share responsibility for planning and monitoring special diet orders. You plan and prepare both lunch and snacks, and contribute to the kitchen's daily operations including inventory management, restocking the serving line, dishwashing, cleaning, and maintenance of kitchen equipment. You work according to applicable food legislation and food safety guidelines, and actively contribute to ensuring high quality in the operations. Together with your colleagues, you continually develop and improve the kitchen's routines and work methods. An important part of the assignment is interaction with children and students. You answer questions and contribute to a safe, comfortable, and welcoming dining environment. Through your engagement, you work to spark interest in healthy and nutritious food and make the dining hall a place where both students and staff feel comfortable and welcome. Your Experience For this position, you must have: a cooking education at upper secondary or post-secondary level knowledge of and experience in preparing special diets knowledge of and experience with allergens good knowledge in food hygiene current knowledge of school law requirements for nutritious food and the Swedish Food Agency's guidelines good knowledge and completed HACCP training good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. It is advantageous if you also have: experience with self-inspection experience working in preschool kitchens, large kitchens, or similar work that the employer deems equivalent. Is This You? You are a dedicated and responsible cook who thrives in an environment where collaboration and service are in focus. You are humble, attentive, and contribute to a good work climate through excellent collaboration with your colleagues. You are service-oriented and enjoy interacting with children, students, and staff. With a positive attitude, you contribute to a pleasant dining environment and a great food experience for everyone. The role requires you to remain calm and make sound decisions even during periods of high pace. You take responsibility for your work area, particularly within special diet preparation, while recognizing the value of working together with others to achieve the organization's goals. We place great importance on personal suitability. What We Offer Sickla School is currently an F-8 school (becoming F-9 in the future) that has recently undergone comprehensive renovation and new construction to meet future needs. The school is located approximately 10 minutes by bus from Slussen. With us, you'll work alongside pleasant, professional, and proud colleagues who do their best every day to create great dining experiences for children, students, and staff. Our large kitchen features modern and fresh equipment, clear routines, and good work spaces to create a structured and pleasant work environment. We were named one of Sweden's best school kitchens after placing in the top three in the Sweden's Public Meals 2025 competition. Read more about us here. As an employee of Nacka Municipality, you have access to benefits including wellness allowance up to 3,000 kr per year, the ability to purchase SL cards through net salary deduction, and a diverse internal support function. Interested? We recruit without a personal letter and assess applications based on your CV and your answers to questions that you will respond to as part of the application process. Selection and interviews may take place on a rolling basis, and the position may be filled before the final application deadline. We only accept applications through our recruitment system. Please submit your application by September 20, 2026! A background check may be applied. The position is filled on the condition that it does not need to be used for internal reallocation. Please visit Nacka's municipal schools and preschools careers page here. Nacka is one of Sweden's most attractive and well-renowned municipalities. With a focus on goals, results, sustainable employee engagement, and continuous development, Nacka strives to be the best at being a municipality. Nacka Municipality is the employer for you who, with great freedom, innovates and makes a difference.