Mobile Primary Cook in Charge

School Catering – 2 x Mobile Primary Cook In Charge

Hours: 30 hours per week - Term Time (plus 12 days during the summer holidays for food fun)

Salary: Grade 5 £26,824 x 71.22% (plus 12 additional days overtime in the summer)

Contract Type: Permanent

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two mobile Primary Cook in Charge posts to join RCT Catering Services to work flexibly across a range of RCT schools, covering substantive Cook posts at short notice. Working hours will be approximately 6 hours a day, usually between 8.00am and 2.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• The position will involve full running of a kitchen to provide cover for permanent staff.
• Main duties will include food planning, food preparation, cooking, serving meals to the children, cleaning down the kitchen and washing up as part of a team.
• You will also be expected to complete staff timesheets, stock ordering and all kitchen paperwork including an online document for food safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in cooking and able to work under pressure.
• Possess good communication skills with a can-do attitude.
• Food Safety Certificates.
• Ability to adhere and follow all rules and procedures.
• You will need the ability to travel throughout the County Borough to meet the requirements of the post.
• All successful applicants must have a Food Safety Certificate Level 3 or be prepared to undertake and complete a Level 3 within the first week of employment.

Contact

For further information or an informal discussion regarding these posts, please contact the Central Catering Team on (01443) 281141 or email CateringServices@rctcbc.gov.uk to request a call back.

Safeguarding and Disclosure

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council. In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.

We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

Welsh Language

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

Application Process

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.