Culinary Arts Tutor

About the role:  

The Culinary Arts Tutor role will deliver a Level 4 Cookery course which involves developing and delivering cooking lessons, demonstrating culinary techniques, and imparting knowledge on food safety and nutrition. You will play a crucial role in enhancing culinary skills, fostering a passion for cooking, and preparing students for careers in the culinary industry.

In this rewarding position, you will directly influence the next generation of cookery professionals as you share your experience, skills, and training with students from many backgrounds. You will collaborate and work with industry partners to offer your students external opportunities to experience the vast landscape of the culinary industry.

You will have the opportunity to grow students’ knowledge of industry trends, master technical skills and develop important soft skills by combining the provision of quality tutoring and being an inspiring mentor all to build student capability, and support students in achieving both their study and career goals. 

About you: 

At NZMA we are all about taking our students on a journey to learn about the current industry challenges, innovations, and techniques. Therefore, recent experience of at least 5 years in the Cookery industry is required, and you should hold a relevant qualification at level 5 or above. 

You will have a passion for the industry and educating future leaders. You will need to be a strong communicator, able to motivate and inspire young adults, try out new things, and most importantly maintain a positive, enthusiastic attitude. You need to be able to connect and build relationships with all your students so the ability to respect and appreciate differences is certainly a must.  

Required Skills & Experience: 

• Proven background of at least 5 years’ experience in cookery industry
• Hold a relevant tertiary qualification at level 5 or above 
• Excellent cooking abilities with extensive experience in food and beverage management 
• Strong working knowledge across the culinary and hospitality industry 
• Able to motivate and inspire the next generation of chefs 
• Formal teaching experience not essential, but must have a love of teaching and motivating people in a multicultural environment
• Be innovative, inspiring and committed to supporting your learners to achieve exceptional results and realize their goals and dreams 

About Us 

The Culinary Collective is NZMA's culinary school and is the changing face of culinary and hospitality excellence in New Zealand. We teach more than just skills, we show students how to give people a real experience - how to create and serve top notch dishes and drinks as well as tell the stories behind them, whether it’s a cocktail or a three-course meal. 

Our organisation is strong on developing our people and having fun while we do it. We strive for success in everything we do and commit ourselves to our purpose or providing positive educational experiences for our learners, to help them move ahead. 

To find out more about us, please visit https://www.nzma.ac.nz/ 

Why work with us?  

• Enjoy Work-life balance with weekends off & two weeks off during Christmas & New Year!  
• Our organisation is strong on developing our people and having fun while we do it. We ensure our team feels valued and informed about the direction we are heading in. 
• Free staff parking available on-site
• Rewarding opportunity to support students in their education journey 
• Energetic environment where value is placed on delivering outcomes rather than micro-managing tasks 
• Work with the Campus Manager to see the NZMA Campus grow and be highly successful. 
• A fun environment and an opportunity to stand out is all on offer with this role 

Our application process:  

Questions about your identity help us appreciate the diversity of individuals looking to work at UP Education, ensuring we’re attracting applications from people with identities and perspectives that are as diverse as our students. These are voluntary disclosures and candidates can elect not to answer these questions. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to equity, we work to ensure a fair and consistent interview process.  We celebrate diversity and we are committed to an inclusive work environment.