Careers

Lead by example – prepare fresh, quality café food and help create a memorable café experience that supports World Vision’s mission.

• Hands-on kitchen leadership opportunity – support the Café Manager with food preparation, menu execution, food safety, stock and team coordination.
• Permanent Café 2IC - Cook role based at Blackburn Little Things Café, supporting kitchen operations, food quality, service and daily café operations.

We’re looking for a capable, energetic and hands-on Café 2IC - Cook with strong cooking, food preparation and food safety knowledge to help bring World Vision Australia’s social enterprise café experience to life. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in cafés, takes pride in preparing fresh, delicious food and understands the importance of consistency, presentation and maintaining high food safety standards.

You will play a key role in the daily preparation and delivery of our café menu, including sandwiches, toasties, cabinet food and other café offerings. Working alongside the Café Manager, you will help coordinate kitchen activities, maintain food quality, manage stock and support the team to deliver an excellent customer experience. You will also provide hands-on support across coffee and customer service when required.

About the role

Supporting the daily kitchen and café operations, with a strong focus on cooking, food preparation, menu execution, sandwich preparation, food safety, stock control, kitchen cleanliness and team coordination. You will help ensure food is prepared consistently, presented to a high standard and available for service throughout the day.

Hours of work

7:15am – 3:15pm, Monday to Friday.

What you'll do

• Prepare and assemble café menu items, including sandwiches, wraps, toasties, and cabinet food.
• Complete daily kitchen preparation, including preparing ingredients, fillings, sauces and other menu components to ensure readiness for service.
• Follow recipes, portion guidelines and presentation standards to maintain consistent food quality.
• Maintain high food safety and hygiene standards, including temperature monitoring, food storage, date labelling, stock rotation and allergen management.
• Keep kitchen areas, equipment and food preparation spaces clean, organised and sanitised.
• Assist with stock control, receiving deliveries, monitoring ingredients, ordering requirements and minimising food wastage.
• Coordinate and support team members with daily cafe duties, workflow and daily service priorities.
• Take responsibility for kitchen operations when the Café Area Manager is not onsite, ensuring smooth and efficient daily operations.
• Provide support across coffee preparation, customer service, cleaning, dishwashing and general café operations as required.
• Communicate operational updates, stock requirements, wastage and any food safety or equipment concerns to the Café Area Manager.

About you

• Proven experience in cooking and food preparation, ideally within a café or commercial kitchen.
• Confident preparing fresh café food, including sandwiches, wraps, toasties, salads and cabinet offerings.
• Good understanding of food safety, hygiene, allergen management, temperature control and safe food handling practices.
• Ability to follow recipes, maintain portion control and consistently deliver quality food presentation.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to plan preparation, manage priorities and work efficiently during busy service periods.
• Experience managing stock, rotating ingredients and minimising food waste.
• Positive leadership skills, with the ability to guide and support team members in a hands-on kitchen environment.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and maintain kitchen standards without direct supervision.
• Barista and customer service skills, with a willingness to support all areas of café operations.

Apply now

If you’re an experienced café all-rounder with strong barista skills, food preparation experience and the confidence to step into a hands-on 2IC role, we’d love to hear from you. This is a great opportunity to lead by example, support a motivated team, take ownership of daily café operations and help deliver consistently great coffee, food and service in a purpose-led environment.

The Selection Process  

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date. 

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check.

We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support, and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families.  World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are 

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.  For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us