Assistant Nursery Cook

Storal Learning Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading nursery in Manchester seeks an Assistant Nursery Chef/Cook to join their friendly team. The role involves preparing nutritious meals for children, ensuring high safety and hygiene standards, and catering to specific dietary needs. This position offers competitive pay, performance bonuses, and various employee benefits including a childcare discount and wellness day.

Benefits

Performance related bonus

50% childcare discount

Annual wellness day

20 days holidays plus bank holidays

Dedicated learning and development support

Access to retail discounts through Perkbox

Qualifications

• Dedicated cook with Level 2 Food and Hygiene qualification.
• Solid understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH.
• Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing nutritious meals while maintaining safety and hygiene standards.
• Cater for children with specific dietary needs.
• Deputise for the Cook during absences.

Skills

Food and Hygiene

Health and Safety regulations

COSHH

Education

Level 2 Food and Hygiene

Job description

Nursery: The Learning Hive, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 Hours: 10 hrs per week 2PM-4PM - Monday - Friday
Salary: £12.21 per hourdependent on qualifications and experience
Benefits: Performance related bonus, 50% childcare discount, wellness day and much much more.

About The Learning Hive
Close to Manchester centre, children learn, play & imagine in The Learning Hive’s beautiful Victorian home & stables.

About you
You are a dedicated, Level 2 Food and Hygiene qualified cook with a solid understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH and you're looking for a new role in a fun, friendly team, where you can thrive and make the most of your culinary skills.

What you'll be doing
As an Assistant Nursery Chef/Cook, you will be working closely with the Nursery Cook, you’ll assist in preparing nutritious, freshly made meals while maintaining the highest standards of safety and hygiene in the nursery kitchen at all times. Your flexibility and reliability will ensure the smooth operation of the kitchen.

Day to day you will find yourself;

• Catering for children with specific dietary needs
• Working to an extremelyhigh level when it comes to the relevantFood and Hygiene,Chartered Institute of Environmental Health-Food Safety, Health and Safety and Ofsted guidelines and regulations
• Ensuring thatall children are kept safe and have rich stimulating eating experiences
• Maintaining stock levels and ensuring stock rotation
• Following COSHH and other relevant guidelines
• Deputising for the Cook in all absences with the expectation of deputising full time when this is required

What you'll need

• Level 2 Food and Hygiene
• Experience in a commercial kitchen as an assistant cook/chef or something very similar
• Knowledge ofHealth and Safety regulations and COSHH

What you'll get

• Competitive rates of pay dependent on experience, qualification and NMW age guidance
• Performance related bonuses
• 50% childcare discount
• Annual wellness day off
• Access to retail and other discounts through Perkbox
• 20 days holidays (plus bank holiday), increasing to 22 days after 2 years service and 25 days after 5 years service
• Dedicated learning and development support
• Access to one-to-one confidential counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Programme

About us
This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.

Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

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