Kitchen Assistant

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Oceania Healthcare is hiring a casual Kitchen Assistant for Elmwood Village in Manurewa, Auckland. You'll help with meal prep, support the healthcare team in serving residents, deliver top class customer service, and keep learning and developing your skills. The right candidate brings experience in a similar role, a passion for food that looks and tastes great, a proven customer-service track record, strong multitasking and time management, a team mindset with good communication, sharp organisation and attention to detail, and the ability to follow cleaning procedures. Oceania offers a supportive team, competitive pay, ongoing development, wellbeing support, and a meaningful career. Apply online with a concise CV and a brief note on your fit.

The role
Our Elmwood Village in Manurewa are looking for a casual Kitchen Assistant to join their dedicated team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Assisting with meal preparation and general kitchen duties

• Assisting the healthcare team in serving our residents

• Delivering top class customer service to a high standard and quality

• Constantly learning and developing your skills/knowledge.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience in a similar role

• A passion for preparing food that not only looks great but tastes amazing

• Experience delivering a high level of customer service

• The flexibility to multitask and manage your time effectively

• A team first attitude with great communication skills

• Strong organisation skills with an eye for detail

• The ability to follow set cleaning procedures
  

Why join Oceania?

At Oceania, we're proud to be one of New Zealand's leading providers of retirement living and aged care. Across more than 30 villages, we support over 4,000 residents by creating communities where people feel at home, connected, and well cared for.

Our purpose is simple: to make a difference in every task, every challenge, every day. It's a purpose that's brought to life through the way we work:

• We're one team – We collaborate across teams and functions because together we're stronger than any individual effort.

• We're finding better ways – We challenge ourselves to think differently, find creative solutions, and continuously improve.

• We're committed to care – We put safety and care at the centre of everything we do, creating environments where everyone feels supported.

• We're proud to deliver – We follow through on our commitments because every task matters, and our residents and families count on us to get it right.

When you join Oceania, you'll become part of a supportive team where you'll be encouraged to learn, grow, and make a meaningful contribution every day. In return, we offer competitive pay, ongoing learning and development opportunities, free and confidential wellbeing support, and the chance to build a rewarding career with an organisation that's making a real difference.

We strive to do better every day. Apply now and become part of our journey.

**Oceania does not accept any unsolicited resume referrals from recruitment agencies, or take responsibility for any fees related to unsolicited CVs**