Cook 3 - Craigentinny Primary School - 11663_1758631355. Job in Edinburgh Education & Training Jobs

CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A local council seeks a Cook 3 for Craigentinny Primary School. The role involves skilled cooking, compliance paperwork, and managing kitchen hygiene. Applicants should have or be working towards a formal cook's qualification and possess strong culinary skills. This position offers a salary of £25,322 to £25,623 for 26 hours per week, 38 weeks a year, with flexible working arrangements available.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Annual salary progression

Qualifications

• Must hold or be working towards a formal cook's qualification.
• Knowledge of dangerous catering equipment and safe working practices.
• Demonstrate passion for high quality meals.

Responsibilities

• Perform skilled cooking activities for meals and recipes.
• Complete daily/weekly audits and paperwork.
• Control hygiene and manage food stock.

Skills

Culinary skills

Communication

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

Formal cook's qualification (City and Guilds or SVQ)

Tools

Catering equipment

Job description

Overview

Cook 3 — Craigentinny Primary School

Salary: £25,322 - £25,623 (pro-rata for part time and sessional). Hours: 26 per week, 38 weeks sessional.

Responsibilities

• Skilled cooking activities connected with the full range of meals and recipes.
• Paperwork: completion of Cook Safe, allergen paperwork and other food related paperwork (e.g. recording temperatures, service specification).
• Complete daily/weekly audits of the service (e.g. cleaning schedules, Covid compliance checks).
• Stock: receiving food deliveries, checking temperature and quality of food, storing and labelling, stock rotation, checking dates to use older stock first, and occasional ordering of stock.
• Control of hygiene within the kitchen, ensuring Cook 1s maintain high standards of hygiene and safety; inform Supervisors of any staff hygiene issues.
• Support counter setup and presentation of the food offer and assist in the service of that food as required.
• Cash handling (as and when required).
• Place orders for food and non-foods as required.
• Support the preparation and delivery of function activity as required.
• Work with the unit manager to cater for theme days in accordance with service specifications.

Knowledge and Skills (Qualifications)

• Assistant Cooks must hold or be working towards a formal cook's qualification (e.g. City and Guilds or SVQ).
• Deliver to specification requirements and cooperate with performance measurement to meet overall standards; ensure Cook 1s follow service specifications.
• Knowledge of the use of dangerous catering equipment and safe working practices; good standard of communication.
• Applied knowledge of culinary skills within Council policy, practices, processes, and qualifications or demonstrable knowledge in key areas such as Health and Safety.
• Demonstrate passion for high quality meals and the ability to resolve issues or make improvements.
• Demonstrate curiosity to grow knowledge and professional development.
• Ability to self-motivate, manage time, and deputise in the absence of a supervisor.
• Liaison with council/other staff and incidental contact.

Environment and Work Demands

• The duties may vary according to business demands, and the post holder may work in varying locations or perform different duties.
• Working to tight timescales to ensure food is delivered on time.
• Covering other units when staff are unavailable and potentially working with different staff, equipment, and serving times.
• Working with agency staff when there are staff shortages and shadowing them.
• Daily lifting of heavy pots and pans containing hot food or liquid.
• Standing for prolonged periods.
• Working in kitchen environments with extremes of temperature and noise from people and equipment.

Supervision and Management of People

• Respond to queries from Cook 1 (Catering Assistant) and provide direction as appropriate.
• Deputise in the absence of line manager, which may include visits to the dining centre as necessary.

Resources

• Control the use of stock as per service specification and focus on reducing waste and environmental impact.
• Place orders for stock and manage stock holding as required.

Health and Safety

Protecting the health and safety and welfare of employees, third parties, 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, cooperating with management, reporting hazards, and reporting any injuries or incidents. Line managers have additional responsibilities for identifying and controlling risks, with specialist input from H&S advisers; where risks cannot be adequately controlled, the activity should not proceed. 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 update check. An Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required if the candidate has spent time outside the UK recently. Offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

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