Job Introduction
Kitchen Cook
Band 3
25 hours a week, term time only +1 week, permanent.
£19,542 - £20,845
(Annual FTE salary £24,027- £24,420)
Solent Academies Trust are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, patient and cheerful individual to join our amazing team
Dove House is a popular, successful, and highly regarded school in Basingstoke, for students with moderate learning difficulties and autism, aged between 11-19. We are proud to be an outstanding school (Ofsted 2019) but retain our passion to keep moving forward.
We are guided by the simple question “Have I made a difference today?” in fact, everything we do at Dove House is designed to make a difference to our students and their families.
You will be responsible for providing cooked meals to pupils of Dove House Academy, that is both nutritional and appetising, ensuring a clean and functional kitchen to prepare food daily.
Training will be given to the successful candidate.
We offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development
- The opportunity to be part of an innovative and forward-thinking Trust
- A happy, committed, and supportive community
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- 17.9% employer pension contribution
- Increase in paid weeks after 5 years of service from 46.3 weeks to 47.1 weeks
- Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
- Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
- Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
- Free onsite parking
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Salary Extras Employee Benefit Platform
- EarlyPay – on demand pay
The hours for these roles are Monday to Friday 8.45am – 2pm. You will work for 40 weeks of the year; however, you will be paid for 46.3 weeks. Your salary will be paid over 12 months of the year.
If you want to make a positive difference and enrich the lives of our pupils, then this could be the school for you!
Please complete a Solent Academies Trust application form. For more details, please visit our website http://solent-trust.net
For any questions or to submit your application, please email our HR team recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info
Closing date for applications is Friday 3rd January 2025, 9am
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 14th January 2025
Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy’s application form will be accepted Solent Academies 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 an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.