Nutrition Assistant for Kitchen Ballerup

Do you want to help create meals in nursing homes that make a difference?

With us you become part of a community consisting of eight kitchens. You will have the opportunity to work in several kitchens and collaborate with different colleagues, which creates a varied daily life, good opportunities for professional development, and a wide collegial network.

Would you like to be part of this and join our upcoming colleague?

We are looking for you who are passionate about good food in different dietary forms and about a work community where we lift each other up. You will have the opportunity to influence our ongoing development and the search to make it as good as possible for the municipality's elderly residents. In addition to being proud of the food we offer, we work with great success on reducing food waste, dysphagia diet, taste plate, meal councils and much more.

Your main tasks

• Prepare cold and hot food of high quality
• Work according to a fixed concept and actively contribute to ongoing development
• Ensure high food safety
• Take care of cleaning and create order
• Contribute positively to the collaboration in the individual kitchen and across kitchens
• Have a focus on sustainability
• Meet deadlines in daily operations.

Your competencies

• You have a kitchen-related education, and experience with elderly nutrition.
• You are a skilled craftsman in food or have the desire to become one.
• You are quality-conscious.
• You are flexible/adaptable in relation to us covering several sites and you meet changing colleagues during the week.
• You thrive in teams, but can also work independently.
• You have good collaboration skills and can communicate clearly.
• You contribute with good humor and a positive attitude.
• You are good at keeping an overview in a daily life with many tasks.
• You must be able to read and speak Danish.

What you get with us

You will become part of a large group of colleagues where professionalism, well-being and good humor are prioritized. In daily life you are close with the colleagues in the kitchen where you have your shift. We are ready to welcome you, with good camaraderie.

There are opportunities for free swimming pool access, discounts at Loopfitness, discounts on physiotherapy, the option to book the municipality's holiday houses, and the possibility of a personal travel card for cheaper public transport.

Your shifts will fall within the hours from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with a shift every 4th weekend.

Who are we

Your colleagues are nutrition assistants, økonoma, cook, bachelor in nutrition and health, clinical dietitian, trainee, students in part-time jobs, interns, etc. This composition means that you are part of a kitchen organization that covers a broad area within cooking, nutrition, the good meal, teaching, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

We cook for about 550 citizens, distributed across seven kitchens and six pensioner cafés.

Would you like to know more

You can learn more about the position by calling 4175 0224 (Dorte) or 44773082 (Pernille). Weekdays between 8:00 – 14:00

Read more about Kitchen Ballerup at https://koekken.ballerup.dk

Read more about Ballerup Municipality as an employer at job.ballerup.dk

Hiring process and salary

The start date is as soon as possible.

We conduct interviews as applications are received.

The position is generally 37 hours and a permanent position.

Application deadline: November 25, 2026.

We offer salary and terms of employment according to the collective agreement for nutrition assistants in municipalities and according to principles of local wage formation and in agreement with the negotiating organization.

The salary range for the position as a nutritional assistant is 29,400 DKK - 36,900 DKK per month pension-free for full-time employment (37 hours per week).

The final salary is set after negotiation between the employer and the trade organization that has negotiating rights in the relevant collective agreement area. The salary depends, among other things, on your education, documented seniority and qualifications.

We obtain criminal record checks.

Ballerup Municipality has smoke-free working hours. Read more here

We see diversity as a strength. Therefore we encourage everyone regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or ethnic background to apply for a job with us.

Submit your application online. Click on “Apply” below and attach your application, CV and proof of education.

We look forward to meeting you.