About Us
Here at The Cake Detective, we believe every kid deserves cake. Our cakes are more than cake; they’re a reminder to tamariki facing hardship that they are loved, valued, and worthy of being celebrated.
About You
As our Kitchen & Volunteer Coordinator, you’ll help keep the heart of The Cake Detective running smoothly. This hands-on volunteer role ensures our kitchen remains clean, organised, well-stocked, and welcoming for our incredible team of volunteer cake decorators. You’ll play an important part behind the scenes by managing supplies, maintaining kitchen standards, supporting volunteers, and helping distribute surplus cake offcuts to community organisations. Your work will directly contribute to creating moments of joy for local children and whānau.
In this role, you will:
- ensure the kitchen remains clean, organised, safe, and functional for volunteers
- maintain workspaces, organise cupboards and storage areas
- follow our cleaning schedule, including deep-clean tasks
- you will monitor and replenish baking and cleaning supplies before they run out
- maintain a simple stock and reorder list, coordinate stock collection and purchasing as required
- ensure essential items such as cake bases, baking ingredients, packaging, cleaning products, and kitchen consumables are always available
- help reduce food waste and support the community by delivering surplus cake offcuts to local partners including Go Eco and Annie’s Corner
- wash and maintain volunteer aprons