Kitchen Hand / Assistant for Pastry

Penny For Pound is hiring a Casual/Temporary Kitchen Assistant role in Moorabbin, VIC. Apply now to be part of our team.

Requirements for this role:

• Flexible hours available
• No experience required for this role

About the business

Penny For Pound are a busy bakery cafe, operating out of our custom built HQ in Moorabbin. We produce a high-quality product, baked fresh daily and delivered to various cafes around Melbourne 365 days a year. We create a wide range of sourdough bread, flakey pastries, cakes and cookies for our local community, and welcome them to our open production kitchen and cafe space.

We are a friendly, tight knit team, who take pride in what we do.

About the role/s

• Part Time and Casual Positions available for entry level role.
• Plenty of hours available for the right candidates.
• Immediate start available.
• These roles would suit someone keen to learn and kickstart their kitchen career. Also open to students looking to learn hands on skills.
• Previous experience in a production kitchen environment will make you a strong candidate for this role, but is not essential.
• You will learn how to assist our team with production tasks, traying up products, weighing recipes, basic food prep etc. Dishes and cleaning will also be part of this role.
• Training Provided for someone with a strong work ethic, reliable, and interested in learning new things
• Variety of Jobs and general kitchen duties such as: Traying up products, Cleaning, Dishes, mopping floors etc, Packaging Items, Checking off orders, putting away deliveries
• Variety of start times, but early mornings and weekend work are required.

Benefits and perks

• Friendly Team Environment
• Training Provided
• Plenty of Casual / part time hours available for the right candidate
• Potential for a full time role in the future for the right candidate we like to promote and hire from within
• Opportunity to learn valuable kitchen skills and gain experience
• Staff discounts on products, free coffee on shift

To be successful in this role you must have the following qualities:

• Reliable and Punctual for rostered shifts
• Work quickly, neatly, and efficiently
• Attention to Detail
• Some previous kitchen experience will make you a strong candidate for the role, but is not essential.
• Able to follow verbal and written instructions
• Excellent Verbal Communication Skills
• Take constructive feedback
• Meet set deadlines for tasks completed
• Physically fit – some manual lifting involved in a busy kitchen environment
• Be flexible to a changing roster 

Minimum Requirements:

• Previous kitchen experience preferred 
• Must speak and understand English
• Available a minimum of 2-3 days per week
• We are looking for long term, committed staff members that are keen to grow with the business.
• Own transport, or ability to get to and from Moorabbin 3189