Cook Supervisor

**About the Job**
If you’re eager to use your exceptional communication skills to empower pupils with essential life skills and you have a talent for preparing healthy and nutritious food, then you’ll be in good company in the Catering team

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.

**For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.**
**About You**
We’re looking for someone 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 be comfortable organising your own workload and a keen problem solver who responds to unanticipated problems and making effective service decisions.

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

**Rewards and Benefits**
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 the following:

- A excellent **local government pension scheme**:

- A Term Time Only (TTO) contract where you will only work during periods in which schools are open.
- 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.
- 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 **CPP01095.**

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Job Reference: CPP01095