Cook in Charge - Limehurst (OL8 3JQ) - FIXED TERM

Reference: OP3845

No. of Vacancies: 1

Status: Fixed Term

Location: Limehurst Primary School

Salary: £13.26 per hour

Hours: 32.5 hours per week

Mon to Fri 09:00am - 13:30

Working Weeks: 39.2 weeks per year plus holiday entitlement pro-rated over 12 months.

Are you looking for a new role? We have an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic School Meals Team as a Cook in Charge, based at Limehurst Primary School. There’s never been a better time to join Totally Local Company and make a big difference to the staff and pupils, ensuring the school kitchen is ready to deliver during the lunch break.

We’re looking for someone with a ‘can do, will do’ attitude to come and join us – no experience necessary - who will deliver high standards and be an ambassador for the TLC family in our community. A Disclosure and Barring Check will be required for the position.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• To prepare and cook meals for children within agreed food and labour budgetary costs.
• To ensure compliance with food specification nutritional standards in accordance with relevant agreed set processes and procedures.
• To ensure all health and safety and food safety guidelines are strictly adhered to.
• To complete administrative procedure and paperwork to required standards.
• To supervise and organise catering staff under your jurisdiction.
• Order stock, plan, prepare, cook and serve food as directed by Totally Local Company for consumption on and off the premises.
• Responsible for receipt, temperature probing/recording and the correct storage of all delivered goods.
• Stock rotation/control.
• Direct and supervise general catering assistants.
• Implement cleaning regimes for all kitchen equipment and associated activities.
• Record and document on cleaning schedules to comply with Totally Local Company HACCP policy.
• Induct all staff on site including agency staff on the correct use of equipment, kitchen techniques, health and safety, food safety, COSHH, manual handling and nutritional standards, following ‘Task Talk’ system.
• This includes refresher training as directed.
• Menu planning for theme days and promotional activities within the school in negotiation with area manager / food champions.
• Complete and process unit documentation.
• To undertake duties relevant to the work of the department and appropriate to the post.
• To liaise with head teachers, school personnel, client, contractors, suppliers, pupils and parents.
• Three days per year are designated deep clean or training days.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise:

• NVQ Level 2 in professional cookery or equivalent is essential.
• The supervision and co-ordination of staff employed in the kitchen.
• Responsible for the preparation, cooking and serving of meals for consumption both on and off the premises, including special diets.
• Responsible for ensuring all health and safety/standards are adhered to following company guidelines and standards.
• Responsible for clerical duties connected with:

• Food
• Equipment
• Training
• Cleaning
• Completion of unit paperwork to comply with the Totally Local Company audit standards/requirement.

Benefits:

• Annual Leave and public holiday entitlement included in salary.
• Lifestyle Benefits – we provide access to huge discounts on a variety of retailers and services, through our lifestyle benefits website.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – enabling you to get the bike of your choice (between £100 and £1000), with Tax and NI savings of up to 32%.
• NEST Pension Scheme – 6.5% employer contribution if eligible.
• Life Assurance – twice your basic salary.
• Keen to progress? - we’re committed to providing you with Continuous Professional Development.

About Totally Local Company:

Based in the heart of Stockport, provides a huge range of services to the public and private sectors across Greater Manchester.

Here’s a flavour of what our team of experts do… You’ll see us everywhere from school kitchens to parks, playgrounds and even up trees! We’re the ones that fix roads and clean, light and provide signs for your streets. We empty your bins and help to keep your area secure. We clean schools and office spaces (and more), tidy grounds and dispose of waste too.

We are a safety-first organisation – it is at the heart of everything we do. We make sure that you have everything you need before you start your role – that includes sharing the great benefits you will be entitled to as a TLC employee.

Our People: Across Totally Local Company our people do a huge variety of roles, but one of the things that our teams all have in common is we want to do the very best for the community we support.

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