Salary: £30,023 to £32,578 per annum pro rata
Grade: G
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: 31.25 hours per week, Term Time Only (25 core hours and 6.25 Variable hours)
Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire
Are you keen to join a friendly team who are committed to making a real impact in their local community?
If so, this role is for you.
We are recruiting a Cook to join our friendly team at Upper Wharfedale Secondary school, Wharfedale Avenue, Threshfield, Skipton, BD23 5BS. You will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. NYES is 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. As a Cook you will be delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare and cook for approximately 300 to 350 children a day, for morning break and lunch service. To serve meals to pupils and staff as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering of food, stocktaking and administration, setting out and putting away dining furniture, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining areas.
As a valued member of our hard-working team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, working typically 31.25 hours per week over 5 days (8am to 2.15pm). This family friendly role will allow you to work around school holiday commitments.
Full training will be given. You will work term time weeks only however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid at least £15.56 per hour in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.
What can we offer you?
You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought.
- Competitive rate of pay
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
- 28 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays
- Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme
- A family friendly work schedule – term time only.
If you would like an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Anne-Marie Kaye, Area Manager Catering (Area 6) on 07815 994164 or email annemarie.kaye2@northyorks.gov.uk
Key Documents
Job Description Cook 3 Chef Manager Grade G.docx
Key Dates
Closing Date: Sunday 29 November 2026
Shortlisting Date: Monday 30 November 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
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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.