Cook 1 - Leith Primary School - 11668_1758620979. Job in Edinburgh Education & Training Jobs

CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government organization in Edinburgh is looking for a Cook 1 at Leith Primary School. The role involves food preparation, cooking, and providing excellent customer service to pupils and staff. Successful candidates must have good communication skills, a basic knowledge of food hygiene, and the ability to work flexible hours. The position offers competitive pay and opportunities for personal growth.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service required.
• Basic knowledge of food hygiene and safety standards.
• Willingness to undertake allergen awareness qualification.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook food according to specifications.
• Serve meals and interact with customers.
• Maintain cleanliness in kitchen and service areas.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Basic knowledge of food hygiene

Ability to work independently or in a team

Good communication skills

Flexible and adaptable

Job description

Overview

Cook 1 – Leith Primary School

Salary: £24,796 - £25,041 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional). Hours: 12 per week, 38 weeks sessional.

Responsibilities

• Undertake individually or as part of a team, activities in a kitchen or dining centre connected to the provision and transportation of the catering service.
• Basic preparation and cooking of food and beverages in accordance with a service specification.
• Customer service – interaction with both pupils and school staff.
• Setting up the dining room and service area.
• Serving meals and having an awareness of portion control and special diets.
• Cleaning of kitchen, dining and service areas.
• Cash handling and the use of tills where appropriate.
• Use of catering equipment (training will be provided).
• Compliance with the legal and council regulations, policies, procedures and compliance to the school food regulations 2021.
• Any other duties as required by the needs of the business.

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent customer service skills – liaison with council/other staff and incidental contact with the public. A high degree of customer care and behavioural standards are required.
• Basic knowledge of food hygiene and health and safety.
• Ability to work on your own or as part of a team.
• Good communication skills and a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Well-presented and good appearance.
• Flexible, adaptable and the ability to work under pressure or to tight timescales.
• Demonstrate a curiosity to grow knowledge and professional development.
• Demonstrate ability to self-motivate and manage own time.
• As part of the post, undertake an allergen awareness qualification as well as obtaining a basic food hygiene certificate.

Environment

• The role is physical in nature and will involve long periods of standing and repetitive tasks.
• Daily manual handling including transportation of meal containers.
• Handling and safe use of chemicals and equipment, following safe systems of work.
• Setting up of heavy dining room equipment and receipt of deliveries.
• Working without direct supervision and may involve lone working.
• Work activities and dealing with people both with respect to occupied and unoccupied buildings. Health and safety/customer care processes will be required to be followed.

Supervision and Management of People

• The Catering Assistant will have no direct line management responsibilities; however, on occasion may be required to support the induction of new staff in the absence of a supervisor/Cook 3.
• The Catering Assistant may also be asked to provide direction to agency staff or staff from other units if covering site.

Resources

The Catering Assistant will be required to control the use of stock as per service specification and to ensure activities reduce waste and environmental impact.

Health and Safety

• Protecting the health and safety and welfare of our employees, our third parties including: members of the public, contractors, service users and pupils, is the starting point for a forward-thinking Council.
• All employees are responsible for:
  • Taking care of their own health and safety and welfare and that of others who may be affected by their actions or omissions.
  • Co-operating with management and following instructions, safe systems and procedures.
  • Reporting any hazards, damage or defects immediately to their line manager.
  • Reporting any personal injury and work-related ill health, and accident or incident (including 'near misses') immediately to their line manager and assist with any subsequent investigation. This may include co-operating fully with the provision of witness statements and any other evidence that may be required.
• Line managers have additional responsibilities for ensuring all health and safety risks under their management are identified, assessed and controlled, with specialist input from H&S Advisers and others, including Occupational Health where required.
• Where the risks cannot be adequately controlled, the activity should not proceed.
• Additional information can be found in the Council Health and Safety Policy.

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 bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page; Our 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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