Head Chef
Full time - 12 month contract
Melbourne

About us

We are a top-tier law firm that aims to have a significant and positive impact on our people, clients and communities in which we work. Our firm is special because of the collective spirit of our people. We are bold, creative, collegiate, caring, smart and fun. We offer our people competitive total rewards and a strong focus on career development opportunities.

King & Wood Mallesons is an Asian headquartered global law firm with more than 2,000 lawyers across 27 locations including China, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, continental Europe, the Middle East, Japan and the US.

Benefits

• Market leading work for premium clients
• Flexible and agile working
• Support for working parents including emergency childcare
• Corporate gym memberships, flu vaccinations, skin checks, discounts on health, general insurance and other products and services
• Swap pay for leave and Time in Lieu
• Mobility around our network when opportunities arise

About the role

In order to provide an outstanding service to our clients, we operate a full boardroom catering service. The aim of our catering team is to ensure food is at five star restaurant standard, including imaginative and appealing presentation and to ensure that hygiene and safety are always observed.

Working closely with the catering team, reception team and front of house catering team, you will be responsible for providing outstanding catering, strong leadership and robust people management to the catering team. This will include planning, preparation and presentation of a wide variety of catering for client meetings, firm events, corporate dining and our contemporary café, along with effective management of the catering budget, operating procedures, ordering and stock management, ensuring adherence to food safety and hygiene requirements and general ammonisation.

This is a fantastic opportunity to further develop your skills in a multi-facet, friendly environment. You will be exposed to a great variety of culinary diversity and will play a key role in the effective functioning of the Catering department.

For further information and a copy of the position description, please visit our careers page at https://careers.kwm.com

The hours of work are from 7.00am until 3.00pm Monday to Friday, with some flexibility to vary hours as required, as some of our functions take place in the evenings, but not weekends.

What experience are we looking for?

You will have:

• proven experience as a head chef
• a culinary Certificate of Degree, or similar chef certification including through an approved apprenticeship training program
• experience of food preparation in a fine hat restaurant, 5 star establishment or corporate environment
• exceptional leadership skills and kitchen management qualification/experience
• a flair for being creative and health conscious in menu planning and preparation, keeping up to date with culinary trends and optimised kitchen processes
• a service oriented and collaborative team player approach, with a positive and can-do attitude
• have the flexibility to work varied hours
• good computer skills, including experience with MS office software

We want people who can help build a culture committed to achieving the best results through innovation, adapting to disruption, being different and contributing to our Great Place to Work.

Why work with us?

We want to be the law firm clients love to work with and a great place to work and grow for our people. It’s important to us and our clients that you, our people, find working at KWM an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

We know our people value flexibility around when and where they work. So we are committed to offering a more adaptable way to work – we call this Agile Working.

Growth conversations and real-time feedback is also a priority. So whether it’s more targeted and meaningful conversations around professional and personal development, regular feedback, coaching or developing infrastructure - we want to help our people grow.

How to apply?

Please apply by selecting the "apply now" link below and completing an online application form.

For further information on this role, please contact Katrina Hofinger at [email protected].

If you are not an Australian citizen or permanent resident, you must hold all visas and other approvals necessary for you to work for the firm in Australia.

Agencies - please note that we are not currently accepting applications from agencies for this role.

King & Wood Mallesons is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to principles of diversity and inclusion. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

All job applications must be submitted through kwm.com, Seek, LinkedIn or an authorised agency, applications through any other third party websites will not be accepted.