Travelling Cook

Salary: £13.05 - £13.69 per hour Grade: E Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 1 year from start date, Term Time Only Vacancy Hours: 25 hours per week Location: Thirsk, Northallerton, Stokesley and Catterick Area Travelling Cook - Thirsk, Northallerton, Stokesley & Catterick Area. Vacancy hours are 25 hours per week. This is a 1 year fixed term position from start date. We have an opportunity to join our award-winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are 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 currently recruiting a Travelling Cook to join our team at various schools across the Thirsk, Northallerton, Stokesley, Catterick area, catering for a varied number of meals per day depending on the schools' requirements. As a Travelling Cook, your role will require you to lead and support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare, cook and serve meals to students and staff, setting up and clearing away the dining hall, washing up as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering food, stock taking and administration. All training and support will be provided to ensure you are fully confident in your role. Full uniform provided. Your role will require you to travel significantly within the county as directed by the area management team. Full driving licence and use of a personal vehicle is required with business use insurance and a mileage allowance of 0.45p per mile will be paid. As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, typically working from 8:30/9:00 to 13:30/14:00 totalling to 25 hours per week. No weekend work! You will work term time only; however, you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.05 per hour 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 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 This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer. If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Donna Pearson (Area Manager) on 07989727517 or email donna.pearson@northyorks.gov.uk Please note we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed. Key Documents Job description: Travelling Cook Grade E.docx Total Rewards Brochure Key Dates Closing Date: 01 June 2025 Interview Date: 05 June 2025 Venue for Interview: County Hall, Northallerton NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. North Yorkshire Council's purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertises vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC is not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accepts no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party. North Yorkshire Council is committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk. 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Posted Date: 5/24/2025