🌴 Café Assistant / Kitchen Hand Couple Wanted – Remote Coastal Northern Territory 🌊 UNDER OFFER

🌴 Café Assistant / Kitchen Hand Couple Wanted– Remote Coastal Northern Territory 🌊

Live, Work & Explore the Real Outback

Looking for a once-in-a-lifetime working holiday or a refreshing sea change?

Join one of the Northern Territory’s most remote and breathtaking coastal communities — where red dirt meets turquoise waters, and life slows down to something truly special.

We’re seeking a dynamic Café Assistant / Kitchen Hand Couple to join the team at the local store and café. This is more than a job — it’s an experience that offers genuine adventure, community connection, and a lifestyle many only dream of.

🧳 What’s on Offer

• Immediate Start
• Casual Roles with generous pay:
  
  • $35.15/hr Monday–Friday
  • $42.18/hr Saturdays
  • $49.21/hr Sundays
  • Overtime rates for hours over 38/week
• Free shared accommodation (just $40/week for electricity)
• Travel assistance from Darwin return
• Minimum 6-month commitment for a fully immersive experience

🏝️ Your New Community Includes:

• Local stores, two supermarkets, takeaway outlets, a police station, and a community swimming pool
• Sporting facilities and a tight-knit local community
• Stunning remote beaches and nature on your doorstep
• Access via unsealed road from Darwin in the dry season
• Telstra mobile coverage

🍳 Your Role Will Include:

• Preparing and serving food in the café
• Assisting with general kitchen duties and basic cooking
• Providing friendly customer service & handling cash
• Barista tasks (training provided if needed)
• Unpacking and rotating stock
• General cleaning and other duties as needed

🎯 We’re Looking For:

• Couples with experience in a commercial kitchen
• Catering or food prep experience (preferred)
• A current Food Safety Certificate
• Forklift ticket is a bonus
• Friendly, adaptable, and ready to embrace remote living

🌅 Why You’ll Love It: This is the kind of opportunity that lets you save, explore, and grow — both professionally and personally. Wake up near the ocean, work with a welcoming team, and spend your days off exploring Australia’s untouched north coast.

Ready to trade the hustle for the horizon? Apply now and start your remote NT adventure.

How to Apply:

If you are ready to start your remote adventure and feel you are the right candidate for this role, we would love to hear from you – please forward your resume to jobs@mlkarecruitment.com.au or click ‘Apply Now’ above.

All applications are handled on a confidential basis.

Note, due to confidentiality on some roles, not all our positions are externally advertised.

Who We Are:

MLKA Hospitality Recruitment are industry leaders in remote, regional and outback hospitality employment Australia wide. Australian owned and operated since 2008.

Our roles offer an excellent opportunity for skilled hospitality staff to embark on an adventurous career, experiencing the REAL Australia. 

Specific details of our roles, salary and locations are provided during the interview process. 

We recruit for the best hospitality employers in regional & remote Australia who can offer their employees a great work/life balance. Our service is 100% free for jobseekers.

Escape the high cost and stresses of city living with a fantastic live in role – accommodation packages are provided with all roles.

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