Job Introduction
School Chef
This role is for 30 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (term time, plus one week) to be worked from 8am to 2pm.
Grade C (£26,018 to £27,111 FTE)
Job Purpose:
To lead in the cooking and serving of nutritious food to our children and staff and provide an efficient and high-quality service. To have overall responsibility for the day to day running of the kitchen, including compliance and health and safety and management of the staff team.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Comply with all aspects of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the Food Safety Act 2006, the Food Safety and Hygiene regulations 2013 and all other relevant legislation.
- Daily provision of catering services, including day to day preparation and cooking of food
- Lead the kitchen staff team, ensuring the kitchen is being run efficiently and safely, and duties are delegated appropriately
- Managing any staff concerns, and escalating where appropriate
- Providing induction and training to kitchen staff team as necessary
- Encourage healthy food choices, actively promoting the service to attract maximum numbers
- Reporting any building or equipment issues promptly
- Providing catering outside of school lunches when required
- Complete stock taking, and documentation
- Ensuring high hygiene standards are maintained
- Ordering food and materials, ensuring they are received and stored appropriately and safely
- Preparation and planning of menus within budgetary and nutritional standard parameters
- Provision of special dietary requirements and awareness of its importance.
Attribute
Essential
Desirable
Management of
people
° Some management experience.
Experience
° Experience of working within the catering environment
° Experience of budgeting and managing costs
° Knowledge of provision of special dietary requirements
Practical Skills
° Experience of working within the catering environment, food preparation, creation of menus and use of kitchen equipment
Communication
° Ability to work as part as a team, to communicate with children, parents and all staff members
Personal Qualities
° Communicator, team worker, creative, decision maker and ability to work under pressure
Strategic Thinking
° Methodical approach to work showing in the ability to organise the kitchen, daily routine and stock control to maximum capacity
Technology/IT Skills
° Good IT skills to enable the production of menus and budgeting documentation
Education and
Training
° Health & Safety Food Hygiene certificate
° First Aid certificate
° Knowledge of COSHH
Equal
Opportunities
° Ability to comply with Statutory obligation to implement anti-discriminatory and equal opportunities when carrying out duties
Physical
° Able to carry out the duties of the post with reasonable adjustments where necessary
If you are interested in finding out more about us, you are warmly encouraged to contact us. Please call Jayne Evry on 01425 474590 or email j.evry@poulner-jun.hants.sch.uk and we will be more than happy to answer your questions or tell you more about the role and our school.
This pack and an application form is also available on the school website.
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.