Cook: Christopher Pickering Primary School

Grade: E

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 32.5 hours per week (Term Time Only)

Location: Christopher Pickering School

As part of our catering team, you will be performing a variety of tasks to help prepare and cook tasty, nutritious meals from locally sourced fresh produce.

We are currently recruiting a Cook to join our team at Christopher Pickering School. As a school cook your role will be to prepare and cook home cooked nutritious food within a budget following all food legislation and maintaining an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety.

On a daily basis you will be carrying out food preparation, cooking, serving meals to students and staff, managing/ monitoring your team, food ordering, managing stock, maintaining cleanliness of the kitchen and equipment, recording and documentation of all relevant information following our food safety management system.

At this site you will work alongside 2 assistant cooks and several catering assistants. You will be a valued member of our friendly team who is reliable, dependable, and committed working flexibly between our operational hours of 7.30am to 14.00pm approx. totalling 32.5 hours per week over 5 days. No weekend work! You will work term time weeks only however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year.

You will be paid £13.05- £13.69 per hour in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

What can we offer you?

You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought.

• Competitive rate of pay.

• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme

• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 23 days increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary.

• Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers, and home technology scheme.

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which, this will be met by the Employer.

Please note that this advert will close early if a suitable candidate is found.

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 23rd February 2025

Interview Date:27th February 2025

Venue for Interview: Teams

Key Documents:

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Total Rewards

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

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

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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.

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