About Little Citizens
Little Citizens Early Learning Centre are looking for a casual Centre Cook - Kaitunu Kai to join our team, providing fresh, nutritious, and delicious meals on an as-and-when basis. Little Citizens Early Learning Centre is conveniently located on Oxford Street, South Dunedin. We offer programmes for children from 0-5 years of age and we are licensed for 75 children.
About the Role
The team at Little Citizens Early Learning Centre celebrates the diversity of the many cultures that make up our centre families, and we are looking for an experienced relief cook to support the team to deliver delicious and nutritious food for our tamariki.
To be successful in this role you will have
Previous experience cooking for large groups is advantageous and a food handling or safety certificate is required.
What’s in it for you
Our organisation is a wellbeing employer providing: an Employee Assistance Programme (counselling), tailored Professional Learning and Development, 15 days sick leave a year with no waiting period, a minimum of 5 days tangihanga and bereavement leave, supporting flexible and whānau-friendly working arrangements where possible.
Shortlisting will be based on the demonstrated ability to meet the person specification and will be sent an Application for Employment prior to interview.
Toi Tū te Whenua, Toi Tū te Kai Tahutaka, Toi Tū te Tākata – The land and its people are constant, Kai Tahu Culture will be integral to our work, and our people will flourish.
Methodist Mission Southern’s vision is of a safe, caring, and sustainable society where every citizen is valued and respected, and enjoys an equal opportunity to lead a fulfilled life. We deliver a broad range of evidence-based services to people of all ages, throughout Otago and Southland.
Our social and educational services aim to develop skills and build resilience in every person we work with – to create meaningful, long-lasting changes for themselves, their whānau and their communities.
We are committed to strengthening our partnerships with Māori, improving our bicultural practices across our entire organisation, and using our skills and resources to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi and support positive outcomes for Māori.
Our current work includes; early childhood services, self-regulation and oral language programmes, youth transition housing, client support services, speech-language communication support, prison-based education, literacy and numeracy programmes, parenting programmes, driver licence training, and capability building initiatives for other social service providers.
We are constantly looking to improve the quality of our work, and our Innovation Lab is responsible for the design, development and testing of new initiatives – including play-based approaches for improving children’s life course outcomes, virtual reality education tools for prison-based learners, transitional housing models for young people, new practice models for supporting individuals and whānau to achieve their goals, and innovative uses of data to gain insights into issues and opportunities for clients, measure outcomes, and improve service delivery across the social sector.
