Salary: £13.47 -£14.13 per hour
Grade: E
Contract: Permanent (Term Time Only)
Hours: 21.25 hours per week
Location: Ripon, North Yorkshire - Sharow Primary School
We have an opportunity to join our award-winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. 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 Sharow Primary School, Berrygate Lane, Ripon HG4 5BJ, catering for around 65-70 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 clearing away the dining hall, washing up, as well as other kitchen management duties such as 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 9am to 1.15pm, totalling to 21.25 hours 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 £13.47-£14.13 per hour, in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.
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 15.1% 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.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Anne-Marie Kaye 07815994164 (Area Manager)
Key Documents:
Key Dates:
Closing Date: 28th June 2026
Interview Date: 2nd July 2026
Starting Date: September 2026
Venue for Interview: To be confirmed
***DBS*** Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
NYC is 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 Council’s 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.