Cook
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 June 2025 |
| Location: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | cb9a6aee-b361-4c80-a0a1-cb94ff5cec15 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential:
• Allergy Awareness qualification
• HACCP training
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate
Desirable:
• COSHH qualification
• Health & Safety qualification
Experience, understanding and knowledge
Essential:
• Experience of working within a catering environment, ideally within a mass catering setting.
• At least 2 years’ experience working as a cook in a school kitchen.
• Experience of menu planning and costing.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of keeping Health & Safety records
Desirable:
• Experience in working in a secondary school
• Understanding Child protection/safeguarding
• Experience of working with a till system
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits
Lifestyle and wellbeing
• Salary sacrifice electric car leasing scheme
• Four electric car charging points
• Family-friendly policies
• Attractive salary and pension
• Generous annual leave entitlement/term time only working options
• Free one-to-one wellbeing support
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Free/discounted access to the school’s onsite
• Gym (conditions apply)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Techscheme – save money on the latest tech from Apple and Currys PC World
• Blue Light Card - Discount Scheme
• Staff social events
• Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily)
Statutory and other benefits
• The full range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, parental, and adoption leave
• Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy
• We will honour your continuity of service in other state-funded schools in relation to sick pay and pension rights.
• Provision of all necessary IT equipment.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential:
• Allergy Awareness qualification
• HACCP training
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate
Desirable:
• COSHH qualification
• Health & Safety qualification
Experience, understanding and knowledge
Essential:
• Experience of working within a catering environment, ideally within a mass catering setting.
• At least 2 years’ experience working as a cook in a school kitchen.
• Experience of menu planning and costing.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Experience of keeping Health & Safety records
Desirable:
• Experience in working in a secondary school
• Understanding Child protection/safeguarding
• Experience of working with a till system
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits
Lifestyle and wellbeing
• Salary sacrifice electric car leasing scheme
• Four electric car charging points
• Family-friendly policies
• Attractive salary and pension
• Generous annual leave entitlement/term time only working options
• Free one-to-one wellbeing support
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Free/discounted access to the school’s onsite
• Gym (conditions apply)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Techscheme – save money on the latest tech from Apple and Currys PC World
• Blue Light Card - Discount Scheme
• Staff social events
• Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily)
Statutory and other benefits
• The full range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, parental, and adoption leave
• Enhanced Paternity Leave Policy
• We will honour your continuity of service in other state-funded schools in relation to sick pay and pension rights.
• Provision of all necessary IT equipment.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.