Salary:  £13.47 - £14.13 per hour

Grade:  E
Contract Type:  Fixed Term - maternity cover for 3 months, ending March 2026
Vacancy Hours:  25 hours per week, variable
Location:  York, North Yorkshire – Dunnington Primary School

We have an opportunity to join our catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce.  We are recruiting a Cook to join us at Dunnington Primary School.  We cater for around 100 meals a day.

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, cook and 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, typically working from 08:30 to 13:30, totalling 25 hours per week over 5 days. No weekend work!  You will work term time weeks only; however, you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13:47 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 18.1% 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.

Contact and apply

If you would like an informal chat or any more information, please contact Geraldine Johnson on 07974427178 or email Geraldine.johnson@northyorks.gov.uk

Please note: we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.

Key documents

Job description: Cook Grade E.docx

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Key dates

Closing Date: 09 November 2025

Interview Date:  20 November 2025 
Venue for Interview:  Dunnington Primary School

***DBS***  

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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 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.