Salary: £13.47 - £14.13 per hour

Grade: E 
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: 25 per week, term time only 
Location: Stokesley, North Yorkshire – Kirkby and Great Broughton 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 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 Kirkby & Great Broughton School, catering for around 90 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 8.45 to 13.45, 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 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
• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary
• Access to a range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Elaine Clemit (Area Manager) on 07816251202 or email elaine.clemit@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.docx
Total rewards | North Yorkshire Council

Key dates

Closing Date: 04 May 2026
Interview Date: 07-08 May 2026 
Venue for Interview: Kirkby & Great Broughton School

***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.