Description Role: Ref 11481 – Nursery Cook Location: Sandwich, Kent Salary: Up to £28,992 per annum Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time – 40 hours per week Closing date: Midnight on 2 nd July 2025 Benefits: 25 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays 60% discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know… About Spring Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It's our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright, engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to: A kind, caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing, both physical and mental. Flexible working – wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working. Lots of opportunities for training, learning, development, including gaining qualifications. Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector. A bit about the location Spring St Barts is an established nursery in Sandwich for over 20 years providing high quality education for children up to the age of 11 across both nursery and out of school setting. The nursery is located in a beautiful grade 2 listed manor house situated within an acre of land, with a Forest School on one of our gardens. We have dedicated Physical Activity and Nutritional coordinator, as well as staff trained in Boogie Mites, providing children learning opportunities through music and movement, and offer Baby Ballet sessions for all ages. What you’ll be doing In the role of Nursery Cook, you'll be: Planning healthy meals, with staff that are nutritious, varied and tasty, taking into account the children's dietary and cultural requirements Ensuring that all stock is order and replenished as needed, that food is correctly stored in line with guidance and that stock is rotated Ensuring all equipment is kept clean and in good repair Keeping waste to a minimum, to keep our impact on the environment as minimal as it can be, and costs are kept low Managing the food budget and taking responsibility for the expenditure and invoicing Taking full responsibility for compliance with all relevant food hygiene and Health & Safety requirements Always following latest legislation in relation to food and food hygiene and taking part in all necessary and required training as needed What we need from you In the role of Nursery Cook, we're ideally looking for someone who has: A Basic food hygiene certificate - Level 3 preferred but can be obtained in the role A passion for cooking and following the spring menu and inputting new ideas and recipes into menu updates Excellent organisational skills Experience in a similar role working in a catering environment Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you. We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life. Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you. Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting the above Reference. We'll be happy to give you any support you require. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups. Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles. We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family. Application Process Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying. We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families. Talent Pool: We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that. Want to know more about Spring and Oscars? Check out our socials on X (Twitter), Linkedin, Facebook or Youtube. See below for further information about working with us: Employee Reward Booklet Spring Early Years Career Pathway Job Description