Location: Sunderland
Working Pattern: Part time - term time
Salary: Grade 4 (SCP 12-17) £14.36 - £15.58 / hour
Hours per week: 33
Closing date: 25 June 2025
Are you a qualified and experienced cook / chef with a friendly manner and a love of children? If the answer is yes then please read on!
The Role
The City Council are looking to recruit Relief Catering Supervisors to work in the school meals service. By joining their friendly team you will be working for an established and trusted public sector employer that values and respects its employees and seeks to nurture and develop the talents and skills of its workforce.
With around 65 schools spanning across all areas of the City of Sunderland, including Houghton-Le-Spring and Washington they serve over 10,000 nutritious and delicious meals to children every school day. They take pride in their quality standards and the talents of their workforce.
They are looking for experienced chefs / cooks / assistant cooks who are looking for the next step into managing a school kitchen. This is a permanent role with a guaranteed minimum number of contracted hours (which may increase depending on the kitchen being covered), access to the Local Government Pension Scheme and opportunities for personal development and progression within the service.
This is a mobile role so will require covering in a range of different school kitchens across the City in the absence of the school Catering Supervisor. Successful applicants will need the means of travelling between sites as required
Key Responsibilities
* It is a hands on role and you will be responsible for preparing and cooking a range of 2 main course meals as well as sandwiches / jacket potatoes, salads and desserts to pupils and school staff (daily meal numbers ranging anywhere between 50 300 / day).
* Youll be responsible for supervising the team of staff within the kitchen, overseeing all day to day kitchen and service matters as well as administration / paperwork duties such as food ordering, stock taking, completing wage returns etc.
Skills And Qualifications
* You will need to have had previous experience working in a cooking capacity (eg chef, cook)
* Ideally you will have a cooking qualification (C&G 7061/2 / NVQ Level 2 or equivalent)
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable Council, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
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