Cook (REQ02938) - 489911

Bield Housing and Care; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Health care benefit plan

Generous holidays entitlement

Opportunities to work flexibly

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development

Job summary

Bield Housing & Care invites applications for a Cook position at Donaldson Court in Edinburgh. The role focuses on delivering high-quality, freshly prepared meals for tenants within a retirement housing setting, while supporting dietary requirements and budget constraints.

You will work a 24.5 hour weekly rota with a two-week cycle, cooking and serving meals as part of a collaborative team, ensuring food hygiene and safety standards are followed.

Qualifications

• Food safety and hygiene knowledge.
• Ability to manage food budgets and ordering.
• Experience in preparing meals for a group.

Responsibilities

• Provide flexible meals service with high-quality, freshly prepared meals.
• Assist with ordering, purchasing and storing food within the budget.
• Ensure food hygiene and health & safety standards are met and promoted.
• Prepare, cook and serve meals daily as part of a team.

Skills

Food hygiene

Budgeting

Meal preparation

Teamwork

Job description

Cook Position in Edinburgh!

Are you looking for a challenging role where you can learn new skills and deliver great food? Are you experienced in catering and managing dietary requirements?

The role of a chef/cook within our Donaldson Court development is more than just cooking. You will be working with our team to provide a high quality of life for those that need it.

Hours of employment

24.5 hours per week over a 2 week rota, with a 1 hour unpaid break per shift.

Week 1:

• Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10am to 6pm

Week 2:

• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 10am to 6pm

You will be -

• Responsible for the provision of a flexible meals service, offering high quality, freshly prepared meals and value for money to tenants in a retirement housing service.
• Assisting with the ordering, purchasing and storing of food commodities working within the food budget.
• Ensuring all food hygiene and health and safety standards set by Bield and where appropriate outside regulators are met and actively promote such standards within the development.
• On a daily basis prepare, cook and serve meals to the tenants as part of a team.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Generous holidays entitlement
• Opportunities to work flexibly
• Access to a health care benefit plan, credit union and cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to access wide range of learning and development activities including management & leadership programmes, job related training and qualifications to ensure your continuous progress.

Important Information

• This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 - you must disclose all unspent and relevant spent convictions.
• Bield Housing & Care does not currently hold a sponsorship licence - we are unable to support visa applications at this time.
• Please see the attachment above for the full job description and person specification.
• Bield Housing & Care. Scottish Charity no. SC006878 I Property Factor PF000146

Disability Confident

Bield is a proud disability confident accredited employer. As users of the disability symbol, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the vacancy minimum criteria.

In order to help you succeed, we will make all required reasonable adjustments to facilitate your inclusion during our recruitment and selection process. Adjustments will vary from person to person; if you wish to discuss how Bield can support you throughout the recruitment process, please get in touch.