Salary: £13.92-£14.59 per hour
Grade: E
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time, 27.5 hours per week (Term time only)
Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire - Dishforth Airfield School
We have an opportunity to join our award-winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce.
We are currently recruiting a Cook to join our team at Dishforth Airfield School, catering for around 65 meals per day. As a Cook your role will lead and support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
• A local government pension scheme with generous employer contribution
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• Travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.
Join a Team That Makes a Difference Every day, the meals you prepare help children concentrate, learn and enjoy their school day. If you're passionate about food and take pride in providing a great service, we'd love to hear from you
The Role
We are a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.
We are currently recruiting a Cook to join our team at Dishforth Airfield School, catering for around 65 meals per day. As a Cook your role will lead and support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety.
Your role will require you to prepare, cook and serve meals to students and staff, setting up and the clearing away the dining hall, washing up as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering food, stock taking and administration.
As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, typically working from 08:30 to 14:00, 5.5 hours per day Monday- Friday, totalling 27.5 hrs per week.
No weekend work!
You will work term time only, however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.92-£14.59 per hour, in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.
More Information
If you would like an informal discussion please contact Geraldine Johnson (Area Manager) on 07974427178 or email at geraldine.johnson@northyorks.gov.uk
Key Dates:
Closing date: 18th October 2026
Interview date: Please note we will be interviewing whilst this post is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.
Venue for Interview: Microsoft Teams
Key Documents
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Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
