Cook

Overview

North Yorkshire Council have an opportunity to join North Yorkshire Council's catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce.

North Yorkshire Education Services is a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. North Yorkshire Council is proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to North Yorkshire Council's children, encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.

Responsibilities

As a Cook, you will be delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to:

• Prepare, cook and serve meals to pupils and staff.
• Supervise kitchen staff.
• Order food and manage stocktaking.
• Maintain kitchen cleanliness and hygiene.
• Set up and clear dining furniture.
• Wash dishes and clean kitchen areas.

Work Schedule

Your working hours will typically be from 07:45 to 13:45, totalling 30 hours per week over 5 days, depending on meal uptake. There will be no weekend work.

Salary and Benefits

You will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year, paid at a rate of £12.38 - £13.02 per hour, along with annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

• Canteen
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Experience and Skills

Preferred experience includes:

• Chef: 1 year
• Cooking: 1 year
• Kitchen experience: 1 year

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.