Cook
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Location: | Middlesbrough, TS3 7EA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 84b8c896-2fb3-4f94-acc0-2a6afe05ce34 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Cook will be responsible for managing the school’s catering provision, ensuring that students, staff and visitors are provided with nutritious, well-prepared meals in line with food safety standards. This role involves meal planning, food preparation, kitchen management and supervising catering staff.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust is committed to investing in the training and development of its staff to ensure they possess the necessary skills for their roles. If you identify any gaps in your experience, please mention them in your application and express your readiness to acquire these skills.
Further details about the role
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Undertake all catering activities within the school kitchen, ensuring efficient meal service that meets the individual needs of the school • Plan and prepare healthy, balanced meals that cater to diverse dietary requirements
• Manage food stock, order supplies, menu plan in line with meal numbers • Engage with students using a relational approach to create a welcoming dining experience
• Ensure continued improvement in customer satisfaction, encouraging healthy eating throughout the whole school day • Work closely with the wider staff team to promote healthy eating and cater to individual student needs
• Support as required, the food technology curriculum for pupils attending our school
• Organisation and supervision of food services to include dining arrangements, breakfast/lunch clubs, special events and Professional Development day catering.
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ADMINSTRATION
• Manage food stock and order supplies in line with an allocated budget and utilising effective procurement strategies • To manage and control labour and other unit costs within the given budget
• Maintain records on cash collection in accordance with requirements, following standard operating procedures and safe contents register
• Ensure all relevant clerical work is received in the office to meet deadlines
HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Work within a team to ensure compliance with all Health & Safety and Hygiene Regulations in the workplace guidance
• Reporting equipment breakdowns and maintenance requirements as requested and ensure annual inspections are carried out
• Maintain kitchen records, including temperature logs, allergen information and health and safety inspections
• Maintain up-to-date records of health and safety inspections and incidents PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Induct, supervise and train catering staff to ensure a high standard of food preparation and cleanliness, keeping all relevant documentation and training records up to date.
• Participate in training and development activities as required and assisting with the training and development of colleagues
SUSTAINABILITY
• Work with the wider team towards the goal of net zero with a focus on food waste and sustainability
WORKING CONDITIONS |
• Full-time position requiring flexibility to work across multiple sites on the rare occasions this would be required
• Physical ability to prepare meals and conduct moderate lifting and carrying activities
• The post holder may undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
The Cook will be responsible for managing the school’s catering provision, ensuring that students, staff and visitors are provided with nutritious, well-prepared meals in line with food safety standards. This role involves meal planning, food preparation, kitchen management and supervising catering staff.
What the school offers its staff
The Trust is committed to investing in the training and development of its staff to ensure they possess the necessary skills for their roles. If you identify any gaps in your experience, please mention them in your application and express your readiness to acquire these skills.
Further details about the role
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Undertake all catering activities within the school kitchen, ensuring efficient meal service that meets the individual needs of the school • Plan and prepare healthy, balanced meals that cater to diverse dietary requirements
• Manage food stock, order supplies, menu plan in line with meal numbers • Engage with students using a relational approach to create a welcoming dining experience
• Ensure continued improvement in customer satisfaction, encouraging healthy eating throughout the whole school day • Work closely with the wider staff team to promote healthy eating and cater to individual student needs
• Support as required, the food technology curriculum for pupils attending our school
• Organisation and supervision of food services to include dining arrangements, breakfast/lunch clubs, special events and Professional Development day catering.
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ADMINSTRATION
• Manage food stock and order supplies in line with an allocated budget and utilising effective procurement strategies • To manage and control labour and other unit costs within the given budget
• Maintain records on cash collection in accordance with requirements, following standard operating procedures and safe contents register
• Ensure all relevant clerical work is received in the office to meet deadlines
HEALTH AND SAFETY
• Work within a team to ensure compliance with all Health & Safety and Hygiene Regulations in the workplace guidance
• Reporting equipment breakdowns and maintenance requirements as requested and ensure annual inspections are carried out
• Maintain kitchen records, including temperature logs, allergen information and health and safety inspections
• Maintain up-to-date records of health and safety inspections and incidents PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• Induct, supervise and train catering staff to ensure a high standard of food preparation and cleanliness, keeping all relevant documentation and training records up to date.
• Participate in training and development activities as required and assisting with the training and development of colleagues
SUSTAINABILITY
• Work with the wider team towards the goal of net zero with a focus on food waste and sustainability
WORKING CONDITIONS |
• Full-time position requiring flexibility to work across multiple sites on the rare occasions this would be required
• Physical ability to prepare meals and conduct moderate lifting and carrying activities
• The post holder may undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.