The Canteen Supervisor/School Food Program Coordinator at Bremer State High School manages daily canteen and catering operations, providing affordable, nutritious food and quality customer service to students and staff.

The role involves supervising and training staff, managing rosters, stock and supplier orders, maintaining financial records and cash handling, and ensuring food safety, hygiene and workplace health and safety requirements are met. This position is being offered in a Temporary Part-Time capacity (0.95FTE), 72.5 hours per fortnight.

Job details

About us:

We are a large metropolitan high school of over 2,000 students, located near the Ipswich Central Business District. We have a proud tradition of providing a challenging, diverse and positive education. Our school challenges students to pursue their best. The school is actioning a relentless and targeted focus on improving the level of students' Literacy and Numeracy.

We offer a rich curriculum program that values and promotes academic achievement while also offering a wide range of co-curricular activities that encourages all students from year 7 to 12 to develop their talents and interests to the full. The school environment is friendly, supportive, and well-ordered, with an emphasis on time-honoured values. 

Your opportunity:

As the Canteen Supervisor/School Food Program Coordinator, you will provide a balanced range of nutritional food to students and staff within the school, while maintaining a high standard of hygiene in the serving of food. As well as coordinate the daily administration of the school canteen, supervise canteen staff and provide quality customer service to students, clients and staff through professional, timely and cost effective canteen and catering services. 

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinate the daily operation of the school canteen and oversee the preparation of food and counter services.
• Identify stock requirements and place orders with appropriate vendors on a regular basis.
• Participate in regular stocktake, recording and reporting processes.
• Maintain accurate and appropriate records for the canteen and associated catering operations including filing of ordering, receipt and associated documentation.
• Liaise with suppliers to maximise earning potential for the school.
• Deliver a quality service to students and customers through approved marketing arrangements.
• Ensure food storage and handling is appropriate, hygienic and in accordance with the standards outlined by health controlling authorities within relevant legislation and regulations.
• Provide effective supervision and appropriate training and assistance to canteen and catering employees and volunteers in the performance of their roles.
• Observe Workplace Health and Safety Practices to ensure that the canteen and equipment is operated and maintained in a safe and hygienic manner.
• Oversee canteen staff ensuring:
  • A positive work environment is maintained and clear and concise operational procedures are provided.
  • Display of emergency procedures in a prominent place.
  • Preparation of rosters on a weekly basis.
• Oversee cash handling and related security processes, operate a cash register, collect monies and balance funds at the end of the day.

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills:

• Barista qualified – worked within the industry for at least 3 years' experience or hold a Certificate II in Hospitality or equivalent.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
• Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description  

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• MSR705924_26T Role Description (PDF, 299KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants