Relief Mobile Cook

Applefields School; Ripon; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mileage paid

Flexible shifts

Term-time only

No weekend work

Job summary

NYES Management Catering Team is recruiting a Relief Mobile Cook to operate across Ripon area schools, delivering tasty, nutritious meals while maintaining high food-safety standards. You will travel between sites, lead kitchen duties and support staff, with on-site training provided.

The role runs term-time with no weekend work, offering hourly shifts and mileage reimbursement. A full driving licence and DBS are required to join our team.

Qualifications

• DBS enhanced disclosure required.
• Full driving license with business use insurance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the team to deliver a high‑quality catering service.
• Prepare, cook and serve meals for students and staff; manage dining hall setup and cleanup.
• Supervise staff, order food, manage stock and some admin tasks.

Skills

Driving license

Food safety

Team supervision

Stock management

Job description

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
• 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.

Please note, we will be interviewing while this advert is live and this vacancy may close should a suitable candidate be successful

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.