Travelling Cook

Salary: £13.05 - £13.69 per hour

Grade: E

Contract: Fixed term (1 year from start date)

Hours: 25 per week (Term time only)

Location: Northallerton, Thirsk, Ripon Area Mobile Cook - Northallerton, Thirsk, Ripon Area

Fixed term for one year.

Do you love food?

Do you enjoy working with children?

Do you want to support one of our lovely schools? If so, NYES Catering would love to hear from you!

We have an opportunity to join our mobile team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious meals made from locally sourced 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.

We are recruiting a Mobile Cook to join our mobile team covering the Northallerton, Thirsk, Ripon area fixed term for one year, where you would be covering absences in kitchens or giving extra support where needed.

You could be making a positive difference to our service and the experience of the pupils. NYES Catering has a large supportive network of staff and we are striving to continue to grow our network to be able to support all our schools.

You would work for 25 hours per week, starting roughly at 8.30/9:00pm, depending on which school you would be covering and finishing at the latest 13:30/14:00pm. The role comes with some flexibility of timings depending on the daily requirements.

You would support our team with a variety of catering tasks from preparing, cooking, baking, to setting up and clearing away the dining hall, to serving pupils to washing up.

You would work term time only and be paid £13.05 - £13.69 per hour, however we would spread your salary over 12 equal monthly payments.

For this role you will require a full driving licence, access to a car and business use insurance.

For your travel you will be paid mileage at £0.45 per mile for and you will be paid for your travelling time as this would be classed as part of your working day.

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 23 days increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary
• Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme full range of benefits

This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer.

If you would like an informal discussion about this vacancy please contact : Donna Pearson Email : donna.pearson@northyorks .gov.uk - Telephone Number : 07989727517

Key dates:

Closing date: 06/04/2025

Interview Date: 14/04/25

Venue for Interview: County Hall Campus

Key documents:

Job description.pdf

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