Chef

CatholicCare NT Employee Benefits

• Above Award Casual Hourly Rate
• Salary packaging option (up to an additional $15,900 p/a)
• Staff rewards program with savings and discounts at over 450 well known retailers
• Access to Wellbeing Centre providing support to a healthier and happier life

CatholicCare NT (CCNT) is a not-for-profit organisation committed to building safe, respectful, and empowered communities across the Northern Territory. We provide a diverse range of social services that support individuals, families, children, schools, and communities, many of whom live in remote or very remote areas. Guided by our values of respect, honesty, courage, connection and fairness, we work in partnership with local communities, with a strong commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures.

Our Crerar Road accommodation facility provides predominately an Indigenous accommodation service, comprising of a 190-bed shared visitor accommodation over two adjacent properties. The Crerar Road accommodation facility provides a home away from home experience to our participants who come to town for medical appointments, shopping, catching up with family or sporting events. In addition to this we provide renal, and homeless accommodation.

CatholicCare NT operates the Crerar Road Accommodation site seven days, twenty-four hours. 

About the Role

The Chef is responsible for ensuring the preparation and delivery of high-quality, nutritious meals in a safe, hygienic, and well-managed kitchen environment. 

The role includes meal planning, stock control, food preparation, compliance with health standards, supervision of kitchen staff, and fostering a positive and efficient kitchen team culture.

This a casual position and the successful candidate will need to be available on weekends. 

What we are looking for

• Relevant qualifications in Commercial Cookery or equivalent
• Proven experience as a chef or cook in a similar high-volume or community-based kitchen environment.
• Strong menu planning, food preparation, and cooking skills across a range of cuisines
• Sound knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and Department of Health compliance standards
• Strong organisational and time management skills

How to Apply

For a full role description including key selection criteria, please visit our careers website. www.catholiccarent.org.au/current-vacancies/ 

Applications Close: 9am Tuesday 15 September 2026

Interviews on: Rolling interviews

Applications for this position may be closed earlier than anticipated or extended at the discretion of the hiring manager.

Applications only progress if made directly through our CatholicCare NT website. Expressions of interest from third party job boards will not be considered.

Safeguarding Children & Young People

CatholicCare NT is committed to maintaining zero tolerance of child abuse and neglect, and the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people who access our activities, programs, services and facilities.

Employment is subject to obtaining a satisfactory National police check and Working with Children (Ochre) Card, together with Social Media and Adverse Media Checks.

If you have resided in an overseas country for 12 months or more in the past 10 years, this position requires you to complete an International Criminal History check (ICHC) prior to your employment commencement date. The outcome of the initial screening check must be satisfactory.