Cook

Bield Housing and Care; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Enhanced Pension

Generous holidays

Flexible work

Healthcare benefit plan

Credit union

Cycle to work

Employee assistance

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Bield Housing and Care in Glasgow is seeking a Cook to join our team at Loch Laidon Court. You will prepare and serve meals, ensuring dietary requirements are met and delivered with high standards. This part-time, on-site role supports a community-focused housing service for tenants.

You’ll work 35 hours over two weeks with two weekend shifts and a half-hour break, in a friendly, supportive environment that values quality, nutrition and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering and managing dietary requirements.
• Ability to work as part of a team to provide high-quality meals.
• Ability to manage food budgets and ordering.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible meals service with high quality meals and value for money for tenants.
• Assist with the ordering, purchasing and storing of food within the budget.
• Ensure food hygiene and health and safety standards are met.
• Prepare, cook and serve meals daily as part of a team.

Job description

Cook

Company: Bield Housing and Care

Salary: from £14.07 an hour

Hours: Part-time

Location: Glasgow, G32 9LX

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 22 Oct 2026

Closing date: 5 Nov 2026

Summary

Cook Position in Glasgow! Are you looking for a challenging role where you can learn new skills and deliver great food? Are you experienced in catering and managing dietary requirements? The role of a chef/cook within our Loch Laidon Court development is more than just cooking. You will be working with our team to provide a high quality of life for those that need it.

Hours of employment

35 hours over two weeks.

Week 1 - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - 10:00 am - 5:30 pm

Week 2 - Saturday and Sunday - 10:00 am to 5:30 pm

30 minutes unpaid break

You will be -

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the provision of a flexible meals service, offering high quality, freshly prepared meals and value for money to tenants in a retirement housing service.
• Assisting with the ordering, purchasing and storing of food commodities working within the food budget.
• Ensuring all food hygiene and health and safety standards set by Bield and where appropriate outside regulators are met and actively promote such standards within the development.
• On a daily basis prepare, cook and serve meals to the tenants as part of a team.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Generous holidays entitlement
• Opportunities to work flexibly
• Access to a health care benefit plan, credit union and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to access wide range of learning and development activities including management & leadership programmes, job related training and qualifications to ensure your continuous progress.

Important Information

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 – you must disclose all unspent and relevant spent convictions.

Bield Housing & Care does not currently hold a sponsorship licence – we are unable to support visa applications at this time.

Please see the attachment above for the full job description and person specification.

Bield Housing & Care. Scottish Charity no. SC006878 I Property Factor PF000146

Disability Confident

Bield is a proud disability confident accredited employer. As users of the disability symbol, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the vacancy minimum criteria.

In order to help you succeed, we will make all required reasonable adjustments to facilitate your inclusion during our recruitment and selection process. Adjustments will vary from person to person; if you wish to discuss how Bield can support you throughout the recruitment process, please get in touch.

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