Assistant Cook

5 days ago


St Helens, United Kingdom St. Helens Council Full time

**Job Description**:
We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as an Assistant Cook within the School Traded Services.
An Assistant Cook is required for Broad Oak Community Primary School.
The hours of work are 22.50 hours per week. These hours are worked between the hours of 9.15am and 1.45pm (variable to meet the needs of the service).
The main duties of the post are;
Assisting in the day to day management of a large primary production kitchen and to the systems and standards as laid down by the catering division.
Assist in organising a large work force, preparation, cooking and serving food to the highest possible standard, ordering supplies, controlling portion size, menu and product range planning, supervision.
You will also be required to cover for the Cooks post as and when required and be willing to work towards your NVQ Level 2 in Catering.
This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.
All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.


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