Orø Børnehus is looking for a kitchen assistant

Orø Børnehus seeks a cook, nutrition assistant, or someone with other relevant professional experience who can manage the children’s house meal program and create meals filled with food joy.

The position is a permanent 20-hour role, and we are looking for someone who can contribute with the following:

• Composition of a nutritionally correct and child-friendly diet
• In-house production of the meal program
• Think broadly and freely regarding the cold and hot kitchen
• Be responsible for daily planning and preparation of morning snack, lunch and afternoon snack for children aged 0-6 years
• Think creatively about food utilization to minimize food waste
• Familiar with self-inspection, risk assessments and the Health Authority's guidelines for recommended nutrition for the age group
• Cleaning and dishwashing

As our new kitchen staff member, you are

• Ready to work in a house filled with about 31 happy and energetic children and 7 adults
• Ready for an exciting challenge
• Sharp in structure and able to keep order in a kitchen
• Stable and engaged in your work
• Team player with lots of enthusiasm and a can-do attitude
• Positive and cheerful as a person

Become part of a lovely kindergarten You will receive a unique opportunity to help start the meal program at Orø Børnehus, which starts on January 1, 2027. Children, their parents and the staff in the house are extremely excited for you to start being present daily. By the time you start, they will have had a trial day with the meal program, so they can see how it might function.

In return, you will be given happy, curious children and interested parents who support our meal program. You will have good opportunities for sparring with other kitchen managers in Holbæk Municipality, which is in a good and rewarding work environment with positive staff.

The position is 20 hours per week spread over 5 days.

Orø has good transport options. There is a ferry every 20 minutes from Hornsherred, and hourly from Holbæk.

That sounds just like something for me! Application deadline is Sunday, November 22. We expect to hold interviews on Wednesday, November 25.

If you have questions about the job as kitchen staff, you can contact coordinator Christina Nielsen at tel. 72 36 76 72 or area manager Ziska Seirup at tel. 72 36 63 77.

If you would like to visit Orø Børnehus, you can call Mette Rutkjær Rasmussen at tel. 20 93 25 48 and arrange a visit.

Start is January 1, 2027. A child certificate will be obtained in connection with the employment.

We are 4,800 dedicated colleagues who every day work to create good service and welfare for our approx. 75,000 residents in Holbæk Municipality. Together we bring our various professional skills into play and create solutions that make a real difference.

We place great emphasis on a good work environment and on developing our employees - both professionally and personally.

In Holbæk Municipality we actively promote diverse workplaces where there is room for difference. All qualified applicants are therefore encouraged to apply for the position - regardless of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, political and religious beliefs or sexual orientation.

Holbæk Municipality's personnel policy sets the framework for our values and the way we meet each other and the citizens.

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