Overview
Cook 1 – Royal Mile Primary School
Salary: £24,796 - £25,041 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: 9 per week, 38 weeks sessional
Responsibilities
* Undertake individually or as part of a team, activities in a kitchen or dining centre connected to the provision and transportation of the catering service.
* Basic preparation and cooking of food and beverages in accordance with a service specification.
* Customer service - Interaction with both pupils and school staff.
* Setting up the dining room and service area.
* Serving meals and having an awareness of portion control and special diets.
* Cleaning of kitchen, dining and service areas.
* Cash handling and the use of tills where appropriate.
* Use of catering equipment (training will be provided).
* Compliance with the legal and council regulations, policies, procedures and compliance to the school food regulations 2021.
* Any other duties as required by the needs of the business.
Knowledge and Skills
* Excellent customer service skills - the post will involve liaison with council/other staff and incidental contact with the public; a high degree of customer care and behavioural standards are required.
* Basic knowledge of food hygiene and health and safety.
* Ability to work on your own or as part of a team.
* Good communication skills and a 'can do' attitude.
* Well-presented and good appearance.
* Flexible, adaptable and the ability to work under pressure or to tight timescales.
* Demonstrate a curiosity to grow knowledge and professional development.
* Demonstrate ability to self-motivate and manage own time.
* As part of the post, undertake an allergen awareness qualification as well as obtaining a basic food hygiene certificate.
Environment and Work Demands
* The role is physical in nature and will involve long periods of standing and repetitive tasks.
* Daily manual handling including transportation of meal containers.
* Handling and safe use of chemicals and equipment, following safe systems of work.
* Setting up of heavy dining room equipment and receipt of deliveries.
* Working without direct supervision and may involve lone working.
* Work activities and dealing with people both with respect to occupied and unoccupied buildings.
* Health and safety/customer care processes will be required to be followed.
Supervision
The Catering Assistant will have no direct line management responsibilities; however, on occasion may be required to support the induction of new staff in the absence of a supervisor. The Catering Assistant may also be asked to provide direction to agency staff or staff from other units if covering site.
Resources
The Catering Assistant will be required to control the use of stock as per service specification and to ensure activities reduce waste and environmental impact.
Health and Safety
Protecting the health and safety and welfare of our employees, our third parties including: members of the public, contractors, service users and pupils, is the starting point for a forward-thinking Council. All employees are responsible for taking care of their own health and safety and welfare and that of others who may be affected by their actions or omissions; cooperating with management and following instructions, safe systems and procedures; reporting hazards, damage or defects; reporting any personal injury and work-related ill health, and accident or incident (including near misses) immediately to line manager and assist with investigation. Line managers have additional responsibilities for ensuring risks are identified and controlled, with specialist input. Where risks cannot be adequately controlled, the activity should not proceed. Additional information can be found in the Council Health and Safety Policy.
This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under PVG legislation; the preferred candidate will join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. If an individual has spent 3+ months outside the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check is required. An unconditional offer is subject to satisfactory outcome of both checks.
We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued and included, and recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce.
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