Cook Supervisor

Do you have experience in catering?

Could you provide strong leadership to a small team of catering assistants?

Can you be a passionate advocate for healthy eating?

Can you be understanding of the differing needs of young people with special educational needs?

If so, we'd love to hear from you!

With a term time only contract that allows a work/life balance, great pension plus a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers. There's never been a better time to join!

Salary: £19,889 to £21,667 pro rata for part time and calculated to Term Time Only)

Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only (plus 5 cleaning days, 39 weeks a year) Monday to Friday 8:00am to 2:15pm

Working Pattern: Part-time (31.25 hours per week)

Location: Fordwater School, Summersdale Rd, Chichester PO19 6PP.

Interview Date: 07 June 2024

The Opportunity

If you all about using your good communication skills to support pupils with their life skills, can prepare healthy and nutritious food, then you'll be in good company in the Catering team.

As a Cook Supervisor, you will play an essential role in the function of the catering team based at Fordwater School.

This exciting opportunity requires you to be responsible for the smooth operation of the kitchen, including preparation, cooking, and cleaning to the required standards, ensuring hygiene and safety measure are maintained.

You will manage the service and lead a team to provide healthy and freshly produced school meals for pupils and staff. Plus additional meetings, training days or additional activities which may require catering requirements.

We're looking for a candidate who has experience of working in the catering industry. Alongside this, you will provide strong leadership, mentor and train catering assistants, supporting their learning and development.

You will highly motivated, flexible team player who can demonstrate a proven ability to achieve budget targets whilst providing a high-quality catering service.

You will be comfortable organising your own workload and a keen problem solver who responds to unanticipated problems and making effective service decisions.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Working For Us

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do. Upon joining us you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• An excellent local government pension scheme
• Term Time Only Contract: you will be only required to work during periods that correspond with school term time.
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• Volunteering opportunities
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is CPP00931.

Does this sound like the opportunity for you? Click Apply below! Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. (Please refer to the key skills listed on the job description)

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on ourapplication help page

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