Salary:  £13.47 - £14.13 per hour

Grade:  E
Contract Type:  Permanent, Term Time Only
Vacancy Hours:  25 hours per week
Location:  Malton, North Yorkshire

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 a ‘fresh food’ organisation and 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 Slingsby Primary School, near Malton, catering for around 60 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 for service, 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 approximately 9am till 2pm, 5 hours per day, totalling to 25 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 £13.47 - £14.13 per hour.

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.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Sarah Hodges (Area Manager) on 07966188294 or email at sarah.hodges@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:  01 February 2026 

Interview Date:  02-04 February 2026

Venue for Interview:  Slingsby Primary School

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.