Food Coordinator

About the Role:

As a Food Coordinator, you’ll be responsible for preparing fresh, age-appropriate meals for children aged 0–5. This includes accommodating dietary requirements, managing kitchen cleanliness, and ensuring a safe, hygienic food preparation environment. You’ll also play a key role in creating a positive food culture at mealtimes, making it an enjoyable experience for our little ones. This is a hands-on role, and you’ll be involved in everything from food prep to dishwashing. Our spacious, purpose-built kitchen with modern appliances is located at the heart of the centre, directly near the entrance.

This fixed term, part-time role is Monday to Friday hours with a minimum of 33 per week, providing excellent work-life balance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Meal Preparation & Cooking: Prepare balanced, nutritious meals and snacks tailored to children’s needs.
• Dishwashing & Kitchen Maintenance: Ensure dishes, utensils, and kitchen equipment are clean and hygienic, upholding high standards of food safety and hygiene.
• Support a Safe and Nurturing Environment: Ensure children feel valued, secure, and supported at all times.
• Collaborate with Educators: Work alongside qualified team members to support children’s learning and development through healthy mealtimes.
• Engage with Children: Foster a positive food culture by helping children learn about healthy food choices.

What We’re Looking For:

• Genuine Passion for Nutrition & Early Childhood Education: A love for preparing wholesome meals and a desire to positively impact children’s lives.
• Experience in Food Preparation: Previous experience working in a kitchen, ideally in a childcare or education setting.
• Attention to Detail: A high standard of allergy awareness, cleanliness and hygiene.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Ability to connect with children, families, and colleagues.

Why You’ll Love Working For Us:

• Work in a new, spacious kitchen with modern appliances located at the heart of the centre, allowing you to be a visible and integral part of our daily environment.
• Follow seasonal, pre-designed menus to simplify planning and allow you to focus on quality and creativity.
• Participate in quarterly team meetings and on-the-job development opportunities to grow professionally.
• Be part of a supportive and positive workplace culture that values collaboration, learning, and wellbeing.
• Receive staff discounts across all Atlantis Group services, annual flu vaccinations, wellbeing support, and recognition events.

About Tall Tree and Atlantis

Welcome to The Atlantis Group! At Tall Tree and Atlantis Early Learning, we’re passionate about creating environments where children, families and educators thrive. For more than 29 years, we’ve been a trusted part of Perth’s northern suburbs, providing high-quality Early Learning and Outside School Hours Care across our network of centres and services. Our programs are rooted in the Reggio Emilia philosophy and the Early Years Learning Framework, and we are deeply committed to nature-inspired learning experiences that foster curiosity, creativity, and connection.

Our Commitment to Child Safety:

Tall Tree and Atlantis are committed to creating child safe organisations where the safety, wellbeing, rights and best interests of children are at the heart of everything we do. We value and respect children’s voices and are committed to creating environments where every child feels safe, included and heard. Child safety is everyone’s responsibility. Our practices are guided by the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, and all concerns about a child’s safety or wellbeing are taken seriously and acted on promptly.

All applicants are screened through our child safe recruitment process, including a valid Working with Children Check, reference and identity checks, and current Child Protection training.

Ready to Apply?

At The Atlantis Group, we believe our greatest strength is our people. We are committed to building an inclusive team that reflects the diverse children, families[MD1]  and communities we serve, where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, we’re happy to support you.

Apply today and grow your future with The Atlantis Group🌱