Do you seek your next cook position with a focus on food joy, sustainability, and learning?

Do you want to make a difference every day through the food you prepare? At I Ur och Skur School Skarpnäck, you have the opportunity to work in an operation where sustainability, food joy, and children's learning are at the center. With us, the cook is an important part of the operation and an involved adult in the children's daily life. We are looking for you who are passionate about your mission and want to help develop school meals together with us.

About I Ur och Skur School Skarpnäck

I Ur och Skur School Skarpnäck is a small school with 45 students and 9 adults. The school's kitchen also prepares meals for one of our preschools with 27 children and 6 adults. In the kitchen, approximately 87 portions are prepared daily.

With us, learning, health, and sustainable development are closely connected. We work based on our dietary policy for a sustainable lifestyle and development, where food is an important part of the children's daily life and learning.

The I Ur och Skur pedagogy permeates our operation. Nature is a natural learning environment, and the children spend a large part of the day outdoors, year-round. Teaching and activities alternate indoors and outdoors, and for much of the year, the children eat their meals outside. For us, food is part of care, community, and learning, and the cook therefore has an important role in the overall operation.

Food is prepared from scratch with good ingredients. We extensively use organic and/or locally grown products, Swedish meat, and dairy products from Swedish milk producers. We want to offer food that follows the seasons and makes creative and flavorful use of vegetables, cabbage, and root vegetables.

We see the meal as more than food on a plate. It is also part of the children's learning, where we want to spark curiosity, food joy, and a desire to try new flavors. Outdoor cooking, outdoor days, and sustainability issues are natural parts of our operation, and here the cook has an important role.

About the position

As a cook with us, you are responsible for the operation's kitchen and have an important role in the daily work. You work independently with planning, preparation, orders, and budget, but are also part of the overall operation and the children's learning.

In the organization, there is also another cook and a kitchen assistant. Together with the school management, you have regular meetings, which creates good conditions for collaboration, planning, and development of the meal service.

The role involves that you:

• plan and prepare meals from scratch based on our dietary policy
• work with seasonal ingredients and sustainable choices
• are responsible for orders, self-monitoring, and the kitchen's budget
• actively work to reduce food waste
• collaborate closely with educators on issues related to food, sustainable development, and children's learning
• participate in and contribute to food councils, outdoor cooking, and outdoor days
• meet the children outside the kitchen as well, for example by visiting the classes and talking about food, ingredients, and sustainable choices
• help develop the school meal so that it becomes a positive, educational, and inspiring part of the children's day

We are looking for you who

We are looking for you who are a trained cook and want to help develop the school meal in an operation where food, learning, nature, and sustainability are interconnected.

You:

• are used to working independently and taking own responsibility
• can plan meals, make orders, and manage budget
• have a strong commitment to the importance of food in children's daily life and learning
• are passionate about your mission and want to develop school meals together with us
• have an interest in sustainable cooking and good knowledge of ingredients
• enjoy preparing food with vegetables, cabbage, and root vegetables according to season
• see the value of collaborating with educators and being an active part of the operation
• enjoy working in an operation where food, nature, sustainability, and pedagogy are connected
• As a person, you are structured, responsible, and positive. You thrive on collaboration and are a secure adult in interactions with children.

We offer

With us, you get meaningful work where you make a difference every day. You have the opportunity to influence both menus and working methods and become part of a stable organization with engaged colleagues.

85% position starting June 1.

• collective agreement, wellness allowance, work clothes, free meals
• opportunity for training and competence development
• an important and meaningful role in our operation
• opportunity to influence and develop the school meal
• close collaboration with engaged educators and colleagues
• collegial collaboration with other employees in the kitchen organization and regular meetings together with the school management
• a workplace where sustainability, learning, and food joy are in focus
• opportunity to contribute to children's curiosity, knowledge, and good relationship with food