Casual Hourly Rate: Casual HEW 8-HEW 9 ($77.72- $90.33 + 11% superannuation) Subject to experience.
Employment Type: Casual (June to September 2026)
Location: Melbourne
About the Role:
This role is for a professional chef who is passionate about making a real difference in teenager’s lives by helping to transform secondary school food. We are looking for a chef who can use their knowledge and experience to assist a secondary school canteen team make and sell delicious, healthy and nutritious vegetable items that the students will love. This is part of a research project examining how to increase vegetable consumption in adolescents via Australian secondary school canteens.
To Be Successful, you'll have:
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
- A minimum of Cert. III in Commercial Cookery
- Experience of using seasonal vegetables to create delicious, appealing, appetising and affordable menu options
- Fast-paced food service environment experience
- Working with Children Check
Essential Skills:
- Team leadership and mentoring
- Collaborative approach and diplomacy
- Multi-tasking and forward menu planning
- POS system experience
- Food safety and hygiene compliance
Desirable:
- School or adolescent catering experience
- Knowledge of the Victoria Government Canteen Policy
Additional requirements:
The role requires the incumbent to apply for and maintain a Working with Children Check.
For additional information regarding the role, please see attached document outlining the expectations of the role.
Casual Qualified Chef - Position Description.pdf
Please submit your updated resume and 1 page cover letter. Applications for this position close at 5:00pm on the 16/03/2026.
Are You Ready?
Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.
We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.
We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.
Pre-employment safety and suitability checks: In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence, appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.
Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender‑based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender‑based Violence during the course of their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process. A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced gender‑based violence. A ‘Yes’ response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment, and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the University’s safety obligations.
