Cook in Scarborough

Location: Scarborough, North Yorkshire - Wheatcroft School

We have an opportunity to join our award‑winning Facilities 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. We are currently recruiting a Cook to join our team at Wheatcroft School, catering for around 130 meals per day.

What can we offer you?

• Competitive rate of pay
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays
• Access to a range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme.

The Role

As a Cook your role will 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. As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy, wholesome dishes, typically working from 08:30am till 13:30pm, 5 hours per day, totalling 25 hrs per week.

What you can bring

• Experience in budgets and managing staff
• Ability to maintain a high level of food safety and health and safety standards
• Knowledge of current guidance and legislation with respect to food hygiene and food safety

You will work term time only; however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.47-£14.13 per hour in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

More information

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Sarah Hodges (Area Manager) on 07966188294 or email at sarah.hodges@northyorks.gov.uk. Please note we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.

Key Dates

• Closing date: 28th June 2026
• Interview Date: 29th June – 3rd July 2026

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.