Cook in Charge - Birchfields Primary School

TN United Kingdom; Stockport; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Cook in Charge at a primary school, where your culinary skills will shape the dining experience for children. This role involves preparing nutritious meals, supervising kitchen staff, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. You will play a vital role in menu planning and staff training, all while enjoying benefits like a cycle-to-work scheme and a generous pension contribution. If you're passionate about creating a positive impact through food and enjoy working in a vibrant environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Lifestyle Benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

NEST Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Essential NVQ Level 2 in professional cookery or equivalent.
• Supervision and coordination of kitchen staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals for children within budgetary costs.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety guidelines.

Skills

Professional Cookery

Health and Safety Compliance

Menu Planning

Supervision of Staff

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery

Job description

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Cook in Charge - Birchfields Primary School, Stockport

Client:

Totally Local Company

Location:

Stockport, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Education

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

Job Description:

Cook in Charge - Birchfields Primary School

Reference: OP3546

No. of Vacancies: 1

Location: Birchfields Primary School

Salary: £12.59 per hour

Hours: 35 hours per week, Mon-Fri 07:30-15:00

DBS: All school based roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check. In line with the statutory guidance within “Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023”. DBS results will be considered and risk assessed in partnership with the relevant school safeguarding lead.

At Totally Local Company, an opportunity has arisen for a Cook in Charge who possesses a professional demeanour, sound judgement, and integrity to join our Catering team based at Birchfield Primary School. Application Deadline June 07, 2024.

Main Purpose of the Job

1. To prepare and cook meals for children within agreed food and labour budgetary costs.
2. To ensure compliance with food specification nutritional standards in accordance with relevant agreed set processes and procedures.
3. To ensure all health and safety and food safety guidelines are strictly adhered to.
4. To complete administrative procedures and paperwork to required standards.
5. To supervise and organise catering staff under your jurisdiction. Order stock, plan, prepare, cook and serve food as directed by Totally Local Company for consumption on and off the premises.
6. Responsible for receipt, temperature probing/recording, and the correct storage of all delivered goods.
7. Stock rotation/control.
8. Direct and supervise general catering assistants.
9. Implement cleaning regimes for all kitchen equipment and associated activities. Record and document on cleaning schedules to comply with Totally Local Company HACCP policy.
10. Induct all staff on site including agency staff on the correct use of equipment, kitchen techniques, health and safety, food safety, COSHH, manual handling, and nutritional standards, following ‘Task Talk’ system. This includes refresher training as directed.
11. Menu planning for theme days and promotional activities within the school in negotiation with area manager / food champions.
12. Complete and process unit documentation.
13. To undertake duties relevant to the work of the department and appropriate to the post.
14. To liaise with head teachers, school personnel, client, contractors, suppliers, pupils, and parents. Three days per year are designated deep clean or training days.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. NVQ Level 2 in professional cookery or equivalent is essential.
2. The supervision and co-ordination of staff employed in the kitchen.
3. Responsible for the preparation, cooking, and serving of meals for consumption both on and off the premises, including special diets.
4. Responsible for ensuring all health and safety/standards are adhered to following company guidelines and standards.
5. Responsible for clerical duties connected with:

• Food
• Equipment
• Training
• Cleaning
• Completion of unit paperwork to comply with the Totally Local Company audit standards/requirements.

Facilitate training of new staff in the use of equipment, kitchen techniques, and relevant aspects of health and safety in the kitchen environment.

Responsible for the receipt and storage of all deliveries for the kitchen.

Responsible for managing and recording stock control.

The provision of catering for special functions such as PTA events, theme days, etc., as required.

Responsible for and assisting with the serving of meals.

Conform to menu guidelines including the government’s food-based and nutritional standards.

To report equipment repairs and replacements following the correct procedures, for both heavy and light equipment.

To ensure that the kitchen and dining areas are maintained to a clean/hygienic and safe condition.

The preparation of the dining room for the consumption of meals (i.e., placement of furniture, checks for cleanliness and health and safety).

To undertake such duties related to the work of the department, appropriate to the post as may be assigned.

To liaise with Totally Local Company’s personnel, head teachers, school personnel, contractors, suppliers, pupils, and parents on a regular basis.

Benefits

• Lifestyle Benefits – we provide access to huge discounts on a variety of retailers and services, through our lifestyle benefits website.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – enabling you to get the bike of your choice (between £100 and £1000), with Tax and NI savings of up to 32%.
• NEST Pension Scheme – 6.5% employer contribution if eligible.
• Life Assurance – twice your basic salary

About Totally Local Company

Based in the heart of Stockport, provides a huge range of services to the public and private sectors across Greater Manchester.

Here’s a flavor of what our team of experts do…

You’ll see us everywhere from school kitchens to parks, playgrounds, and even up trees! We’re the ones that fix roads and clean, light, and provide signs for your streets. We empty your bins and help to keep your area secure. We clean schools and office spaces (and more), tidy grounds, and dispose of waste too.

We are a safety-first organization – it is at the heart of everything we do. We make sure that you have everything you need before you start your role – that includes sharing the great benefits you will be entitled to as a TLC employee.

Our People

Across Totally Local Company, our people perform a wide variety of roles, but one thing they all have in common is the desire to do their best for the community we support.

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