Careers at MITS

The Demi Chef in consultation and direction from the Chef will prepare a wide and varied range of dishes including breakfast, school lunch, snacks, and dinners. The Demi Chef will also support our Chef with managing the ordering and food rotation to ensure maximum freshness, efficient supply, and effective cost control and maintain the cleanliness, hygiene, maintenance, and compliance of the kitchens at all our Boarding Houses. Supervision of others, including MITS students, volunteers, and Boarding Staff working in the kitchen is a key component of this role.

Essential Experience

The Demi Chef will have:

• minimum 2-3 years’ experience as a professional Demi Chef;
• commercial Cookery qualification along with Occupational Health and Hygiene certificates
• strong planning, communication and organisational skills;
• comprehensive knowledge of food preparation and presentation;
• experience with preparation of food for groups of up to 130 people;

Specific Requirements and Training

Staff members must acquire and maintain:

• a current Working with Children Check;
• a current First Aid and CPR Certificate; and
• drivers licence

Preferred experience

• experience in a school boarding house or similar.

Reporting to our Chef these positions will commence mid-February 2025; we have two positions available – one full-time and one part-time.

The Kitchen Hand in consultation and direction from the Chef will manage food rotation to ensure maximum freshness, efficient supply, and effective cost control and maintain the cleanliness, hygiene, maintenance, and compliance of the kitchens at the three Boarding Houses. Supporting the Chef with the preparation of a wide and varied range of dishes including breakfast, school lunch, snacks, and dinners.

A variety of responsibilities are:

• Receive delivery of food stock and coordinate distribution as required;
• Manage all stock rotation;
• Manage the food safety process and procedures of all ingredients;
• Assist in the basic preparation of food products;
• Develop effective relationships with colleagues and service providers;
• Demonstrating a flexible, adaptable, and enthusiastic approach;

All about you:

• Prior experience working in the Food Industry, Restaurants or Food Delivery Services will be valuable.
• A good understanding of HACCP requirements will be beneficial.
• Understand all aspects of OH&S compliance.

What it is like to work for us...

• Great team and friendly culture
• Generous leave entitlements
• Salary Packaging
• Job security

If you would like to join a dynamic team and be a part of our growing success story, please forward your application to bernadette.cole@mits.vic.edu.au by 5pm Wednesday 19 February 2025.