Assistant Cook Squirrel School Kitchen

About us:-

HES Catering Services are the Local Authority provider of school meals for the London Borough of Havering, working in partnership with local schools and academies to provide award winning meals and services. 

We are extremely proud in supplying a wide range of high quality catering services to the majority of schools within the borough. We also have partnerships with other schools outside of Havering and offer bespoke solutions and assistance to individual schools and businesses which have their own In- House catering teams

HES Catering on-going success is very straightforward – We have amazing Colleagues throughout all of our sites bursting with experience who carefully prepare ‘Healthy, Fresh, Vibrant & Tasty’ meals with the highest quality produce for our wonderful Clients. We serve over 15,000 meals per day in our schools.

About the job:-

Assistant Cook at Squirrels school kitchen Romford

The role has entry step Grade 3:-  

• £  13,967
• 22.5 Hours per week, term time only, Plus 4 cleaning days during the School Holidays.

To undertake the preparation, simple cooking and the serving of food and beverages in accordance with the Council’s contractual arrangements.

To support the kitchen supervisor in all aspects of the food service and to assume responsibility of the food service in the supervisor’s absence 

About you:-

• The post holder reports to:  Cook Supervisor or Higher Graded Operative
• The post holder has no direct staffing responsibilities 
• The post holder will be required to work:  

As defined on Job Profile.  Please view here

For any further information and/or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Amanda Warren Amanda.warren@havering.gov.uk 

The closing date for this vacancy is Friday 20th  December 2024

Additional Information

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