Assistant Chef

Acre View Primary School is seeking to appoint a dedicated Assistant Chef

Closing Date: Monday 3rd March at 9am

Salary: £18,063.00 – £22,772.76 (pt 14 – pt 18)

Contract: Permanent, 30 hours per week, term time only (44.6 weeks)

Role Overview:

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Chef to join our team to provide appealing, nutritious and well-balanced meals to a high standard for all school users, achieving high levels of Food Hygiene and Health & Safety standards at all times.

Essential attributes and skills required:

• Flexibility
• Reliability
• Teamwork
• Excellent customer service
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to show initiative

Where necessary full training will be provided including training for Level 2 in Food Hygiene certification.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in the day to day running of the kitchen, working with fresh ingredients. All meals in the school are produced from scratch so knowledge of fresh cooking is a must. The ideal candidate would ideally have previous food preparation and cooking experience in a professional kitchen and be able to work unsupervised at times and must have the ability to work independently

in the absence of the School Chef.

Application Process:

An application form can be complete online via https://form.jotform.com/230594201621345 and further information can be downloaded from the charity website or by contacting schooloffice@acre-view.co.uk. The School does not accept CVs.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to rigorous recruitment & online checks. Acre View Primary School is an exempt employer as defined in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975) and as such, we have a lawful basis for requesting an enhanced DBS disclosure certificate for all employees.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible