Relief Mobile Cook

North Yorkshire Council; Ripon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage paid

Travel between schools

Term-time only

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council is recruiting a Relief Mobile Cook to support our school catering network in Ripon and surrounding areas. You will lead and assist teams to provide nutritious, home-cooked meals while upholding high food safety and service standards.

The role involves travel between schools, driving a personal vehicle with business use insurance, and shifts typically from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm. It’s term-time only with no evenings or weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in school catering or similar food service settings.
• Ability to lead and support catering teams to high food-safety standards.
• Willingness to travel between schools within Ripon and surrounding area.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the catering team to deliver meals to students and staff.
• Prepare, cook and serve meals; manage dining area and staff supervision.
• Travel between schools; handle stock, ordering and administration as needed.

Skills

Food preparation

Food safety

Team leadership

Driving

Job description

Love cooking?

Looking for flexible work that fits around your lifestyle, family commitments, travelplansor another job?

Join our friendly school catering team and help create nutritious, home-cooked meals that support children's health, wellbeing and learning every day.

We are currently recruiting a Relief Mobile Cook to join our team at various schools in the Ripon and surrounding area school kitchens, catering for a varied number of meals per day, depending on the school’s requirements.

Whetheryou'relooking for regular work,additionalincome alongside another role, or greater flexibility in your schedule, this position offers opportunities to work across our network of schools, with shifts offered according to service requirements.

Why Apply?

• Flexible work that fits around your lifestyle

• Freedom to travel when you choose, not just during school holidays

• Ideal alongside another part-time job

• No evenings or weekends

• Regular overtime opportunities

• Mileage paid for travel between schools

• Opportunity to make a difference in local schools every day

For full details, please see our total rewards brochure

About Us

We have an opportunity to join our award-winning NYES Management Catering Team, where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children, encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.

About the Role

• As a Relief Mobile Cook your role will require you to lead and support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety.

• Your role will require you to prepare, cook and serve meals to students and staff, setting up and clearing away the dining hall, washing up, as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering food, stock taking and administration.

• Your role will require you to travel within the area as directed by the area management team.

• Full driving license and use of a personal vehicle with business use insurance are required.

• As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes,typically working between 9:00 am and 1.30pmdepending on the site which you would be covering. Full on-site training will be conducted.

• No weekend work! You will work in term time only. For this you will be paid£13.92- £14.59 per hourplus mileage (55p per mile) and travel time from your base school.

Key Documents:

Job description

Total rewards | North Yorkshire Council

Key Dates:

Closing Date:04 October 2026