Cook 1 - Hermitage Park Primary School

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council is recruiting a Cook 1 at Hermitage Park Primary School on a fixed-term basis to 28/10/2027. The role is 12 hours per week over 38 weeks per sessional year, with pro-rata salary between £25,661 and £25,924. You will work as part of a school kitchen team delivering meals and essential food preparation.

The post requires PVG checks and adherence to safeguarding policies. Flexible working options may be discussed where possible.

Qualifications

• This post is regulated work with children and/or PVG Scheme checks required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of meals to pupils and staff.
• Basic food preparation as part of the school kitchen team.
• Provide high-quality customer care and service to pupils and colleagues.

Job description

Cook 1- Fixed term until28/10/2027
Hermitage Park Primary School
Salary: £25,661 - £25,924 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 12 per week, 38 weeks sessional
Our cook 1's/catering assistants play a vital role in delivering high quality catering services within schools. Working as part of a team, to deliver a range of meals, basic food preparation and great customer care.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bringOur BehavioursofRespect, IntegrityandFlexibilityinto your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web pageOur Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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