Catering Assistant

Catering Assistant

• Perm part-time 30 hours/week 
• No weekend work!
• Fulfilling position working with people living with disability
• There is such a thing as a free lunch!

This position works in a speciality kitchen called the Cookery Nook at Mercy Community’s Corporate Head Office in Nudgee – on Brisbane’s Northside. The Cookery Nook provides light meals and drinks to the staff that work on site and their guests.  It also operates as a catering service to external clients around Brisbane. Take a look at their website here - www.cookerynook.com.au

The Cookery Nook is an inclusive space, focused not only on producing excellent quality meals and catering, but providing employment for people with a range of disabilities from a variety of backgrounds.  To assist, the Cookery Nook’s head chef is looking for a new addition to the kitchen team – a catering assistant.

What will a day look like?

No two days are the same in the Cookery Nook.  Apart from great fun and laughs with the team, your day will include preparing meals to fulfill catering orders, undertaking deliveries using the delivery van all around Brisbane and into the CBD (candidates must be confident driving and parking in the city), and face to face customer service. You will also assist people with various abilities with their tasks and responsibilities as required.

The Cookery Nook is open Mon-Fri from 8am-1.30pm.  It is envisaged that you will work 30 hours/week from 6am-12.30pm on a permanent part-time basis. No weekend work is required!

Ideally, we are looking for a person with some experience working in a kitchen who has a genuine interest in helping others achieve their goals. If you are successful, you will receive a great permanent part-time salary plus salary sacrificing benefits (which increases your take home pay). You will also have access to our EAP program, ongoing development, and lunch daily!  In addition, if you do not have a NDIS Worker Screening Card or Blue Card, we will pay for the cost of these!

This position is a fantastic way to continue your experience working in a kitchen whilst having fun and assisting people living with disability.

To apply for this role at Mercy you will need:

• To submit a copy of your resume with your relevant experience outlined
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate
• Queensland provisional Green (or above) Drivers Licence.
• NDIS Worker Orientation Certificate (this is free to obtain online)
• NDIS Worker Screening Card
• Blue Card

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component Salary Packaging Information
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

APPLY NOW! Please note we may contact applicants prior to closing date, do not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au.

Mercy Community Services is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.

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