Cook 1 - Portobello High 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 seeking a part-time Cook 1 at Portobello High School. The role supports school catering with 18 hours per week over 38 weeks, delivering meals, basic food preparation and excellent customer service.

Salary is £25,661–£25,924 pro-rata for part-time and sessional work; the post requires PVG checks and compliance with safeguarding policies. Flexible working options may be discussed.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering catering services to schools.
• Ability to work as part of a team delivering meals and customer service.
• Understanding of basic food hygiene and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality catering services within schools.
• Work as part of a team to provide meals, basic food preparation and excellent customer care.

Skills

Customer care

Food preparation

Job description

Cook 1
Portobello High School
Salary: £25,661 - £25,924 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 18 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 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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