Cook

Applefields School; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS cost covered by employer

LGPS pension

Holiday entitlement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Applefields School in Thirsk is seeking a part-time Cook to join the catering team. You will prepare, cook and serve meals, support dining hall setup and cleaning, and assist with stock control and administration. The role runs 08:30–14:00, 27.5 hours per week, term-time with equal monthly payments.

The post offers a competitive rate (£13.47–£14.13 per hour), enhanced DBS cost covered by the employer, and access to a generous holiday entitlement and LGPS pension.

Qualifications

• Experience cooking and serving meals for students and staff.
• Experience in kitchen management tasks such as stock taking and ordering.
• Ability to supervise kitchen staff.
• Commitment to high standards of food safety.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and serve meals for students and staff.
• Set up and clear the dining hall, wash up as required.
• Assist with kitchen management duties including stock taking and ordering.
• Supervise and support kitchen staff to deliver meals to the required standard.

Skills

Cooking

Food safety

Team supervision

Stock management

Job description

Grade: E

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time, 27.5 hours per week

Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire

We have an opportunity to join our award-winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.

We are currently recruiting a Cook to join our team at Dishforth Airfield School, catering for around 65 meals per day.As a Cook your role will lead and support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety.

Your role will require you to prepare, cook and serve meals to students and staff, setting up and the clearing away the dining hall, washing up as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering food, stock taking and administration.

As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, typically working from 08:30 to 14:00, 5.5 hours per day, totalling 27.5 hrs per week. No weekend work!

You will work term time only, however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.47-£14.13 per hour, in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

What can we offer you?

You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought.

Competitive rate of pay

Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary

Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme

This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer.

Key Dates

Interview date: To be confirmed

Please note we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.