Kitchen Hand
Job No:
LDK761
Location:
Tuggeranong, ACT
About Greenway Views
LDK Seniors’ Living’s flagship village Greenway Views is located in Tuggeranong opposite the South Point shopping center. The village consists of 327 apartments, spread over five buildings and is home to nearly 400 residents over the age of 65. The village has over 6,000 square meters of communal space facilitating social connectedness. LDK delivers lifestyle-for-life through a variety of facilities, amenities and activities for both independent and non-independent residents. Our on-site facilities include a gym, art center, chapel, dance room, theatre, library, several hospitality outlets, village shed, barber shop, hairdresser, medical consultation room, grocer, purpose designed meeting spaces and a dog park.
About the Role
Reporting to the Executive Chef, the Kitchen Hand at Greenway Views plays an important role in maintaining a clean, safe, and organised kitchen environment. This includes adhering to government and LDK food safety standards, managing the kitchen cleaning schedule, washing cookware and crockery, sanitising equipment and surfaces, maintaining cool rooms and floors, and ensuring appropriate waste disposal.
Role Responsibilities:
- Clean all kitchen surfaces, mop, and sweep kitchen floors, put away dishes, pots and pans, organize
food, clean out freezers, and remove trash. - Ensure all dishes are adequately sanitized by maintaining required water temperature and chemical
levels. Other tasks including polishing silverware, doing chemical dips when applicable, and dry and
put dishes away. - Assist Chefs by completing food preparation tasks. This can include everything from organizing the
refrigerator and freezer to chopping vegetables, washing fruit, defrosting meat, and preparing sauces
and marinades. Preparation of dishes that require little to no cooking, such as salads. - Ensure appliances and cooking equipment are properly used and maintained, take inventory of
supplies and food, ensuring that the kitchen has accurate and adequate stock of consumables
Our Employee Value Proposition
LDK villages have established a reputation of being ‘truly happy places’ for residents. We know that this can only be achieved if our team feel connected, respected and valued. When you join LDK, you will be joining a for-purpose, values-led, people-first organisation that empowers and invests in our employees to develop, nurture and grow individual professional capability. You will work in a friendly, open and welcoming environment.
LDK Benefits
- Onsite staff parking, cafes and restaurants available including a free daily Coffee or Tea!
- Great retail discounts with stores including JB Hi-Fi, K-mart, Woolworths, Target and more.
- Access to Comm-Bank Workplace Banking.
- Continuous professional development and promotional opportunities.
- Working in a supportive and welcoming environment with a culture driven by our organisational values.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
- One year of experience working in a similar role and/or environment
- Understanding of food safety, hygiene, and chemical handling (or willingness to learn)
- A proactive and positive attitude
- Ability to work independently
- Food Safety Certificate (highly regarded but not essential)
How to Apply
People who join LDK inherently possess and practice LDK values in their daily life. They have a desire and passion to apply these values toward a fulfilling purpose of caring for older people and want to work together with a team that are highly committed to the LDK vision.
If this sounds like you, and LDK sounds like the place you’ve been looking for, we would love to hear from you!
Please click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts. Applications for this role will close at 11.59pm, 13th March 2026. We will get in touch if you are shortlisted for this opportunity. We value diversity and inclusion and actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those from diverse cultural backgrounds.
We encourage all applicants to visit our website at https://ldk.com.au/. Kindly email people@ldk.com.au if you have any questions.