Are you keen to join a friendly team who are committed to making a real impact in their local community? If so, this role is for you. We are recruiting a Cook to join our friendly team at Austwick Primary School, Lancaster, LA2 8BN. You will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. NYES is a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning. As a Cook you will be delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare and cook for approximately 40/45 children a day, serve meals to pupils and staff as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering of food, stocktaking, and administration, setting out and putting away dining furniture, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining areas. As a valued member of our hard-working team, you will be reliable, dependable, and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, working typically 23.75 hours per week over 5 days – 9am start with a 1.45 pm finish. This family friendly role will allow you to work around school holiday commitments. Training will be given. You will work term time weeks only however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.47 to £14.13 in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement. What can we offer you? You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought. Competitive rate of pay Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers, and home technology scheme. A family friendly work schedule – term time only with a 9:00 am start and a 1.45pm finish Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits. More information Please call Anne-Marie Kaye on 07815994164 if you wish to have an informal discussion or email annemarie.kaye2@northyorks.gov.uk Key dates: Closing date: 19th October 2025 To apply please click the Apply Now link below.