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Cook-in-Charge Bro Tryweryn School

GWYNEDD COUNCIL, Reading

Cook-in-Charge Bro Tryweryn School

£13881

GWYNEDD COUNCIL, Reading

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 days ago, 1 Dec | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 911ddaeff832487f85337a188a84c887

Full Job Description

  • To prepare, supervise and organise food production and service in a kitchen. Provide induction and training for kitchen staff.
    • Responsibility for functions
  • Budget
  • Staff
  • Equipment
    • Main duties
  • Provide food - to include menu planning, ordering food, managing food quantities, prepare and cook food.
  • Comply with Health and Safety requirements and Food Safety that affects staff and other persons who may be using, visiting the site.
  • Ensure that good work practices are used by all Catering Staff and that the requirements of any relevant statutory provisions and Gwynedd Council Policies are met.
  • Arrange and supervise the food service including serving the food.
  • Supervise kitchen staff. Allocate duties, organise work and provide training.
  • Ensure that every member of kitchen staff receives Health and Safety and Food Safety Induction Training before they begin to work.
  • Supervise and manage kitchen hygiene, health and safety.
  • Security of the kitchen and the kitchen area by locking and unlocking the kitchen.
  • Ensure kitchen equipment is repaired and maintained.
  • Administrative duties such as ordering supplies, recording food stock, completing monthly fact sheets, confirming daily events are recorded in the cook's log.
  • Any other duties following a reasonable request.
  • Responsibility for self-development.
  • Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council's Health and Safety Policy.
  • Operate within the Council's policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
  • Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council's information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
  • Commitment to reducing the Council's carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council's Carbon Footprint.
  • Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
  • Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused.
    • Special circumstances
  • There will be a need to prepare food outside normal hours of work e.g. In Service Training days.
  • There is an expectation on the post holder to co-operate with the emergency planning arrangement for Gwynedd Council, to open the kitchen and provide food for people in an emergency and to move to other kitchens where help is required in an emergency.
  • To move to other kitchens where help is required.
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    Personal attributesEssential To be able to work as part of a team (School team and kitchen team) No history of food related illness (ref page D-7 Kitchen Manual - Pre-employment questionnaire) Desirable Self motivated, happy disposition. Knowledge of healthy food and nutrition To be sociable and treat people with respect Of clean and tidy appearance Good personal hygiene Qualifications and relevant trainingEssential Basic food hygiene Nutrition and diet qualification or complete a level 2 course within 3 months of employment. Desirable Staff supervisor qualifications Craft cooking qualification Training in food production skills Training in food service skills. Training in Health and Safety, e.g. moving and handling or first aid. Training in selling skills. Full driving licence Relevant experienceEssential Cooking in a commercial kitchen or kitchen similar to a school kitchen Desirable Experience of being employed in a food production environment Menu planning, ordering food and writing recipes Recording and reporting catering costs Quality assurance systems Skills and specialist knowledgeEssential Taking part in group work and effectively communicating in a group Desirable Good interpersonal skills Good communication skills Marketing food business Language requirementsListening and Speaking - Entry Able to pronounce the names of places and people correctly.Able to follow instructions and understand simple conversation through the medium of Welsh and English on familiar matters and respond to simple requests for information Reading and Understanding - Entry Able to read and understand short and simple letters, e-mails, leaflets, and signs in Welsh and English on familiar everyday issues, in order to convey them to someone else. Writing - Entry Able to write a simple message requesting or giving information about familiar everyday issues in the workplace.

    Salary: GBP 13,023.00 - 13,881.00 per year Details Job Advertisement Yn eisiau mor fuan a phosib - Wanted as soon as possible Cogydd a Gofal Ysgol Bro Tryweryn Cook in Charge Bro Tryweryn School I paratoi a gweini'r bwyd, a dyletswyddau cyffredinol y gegin 22.5 awr yr wythnos yn ystod tymor yr ysgol To prepare and serve the food, and general kitchen duties 22.5 hour a week during the school term GS4 7-11 £13.26 - £14.13 per hour (£11.10 - £11.83 averaged) Weekly Salary - £249.75 - £266.17

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