Overview

Salary: £13.05 per hour

Shift hours: as and when required

Casual (to cover staff absences and school holidays)

You’ll be providing nutritious meals for school and youth groups visiting Plas Dol-y-Moch, in line with catering policies and food safety standards. This includes preparing, cooking, and serving food, as well as accommodating special dietary needs.

As a Casual Cook, you will:

  • Prepare and serve meals to a high standard
  • Receive, store, and handle food in line with Food Safety and COSHH regulations
  • Supervise kitchen staff and maintain hygiene, health, and safety procedures
  • Deliver meals tailored to children’s dietary or medical requirements

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
 

We are looking for a flexible, motivated, and experienced Casual Cook to join our team at our Outdoor Education Centre. This role is vital in providing nutritious, tasty meals to students, staff, and visitors in a welcoming, high-energy environment.

Contact for more information

  Phone: 01766 510 200
 Email: plasdolymoch@coventry.gov.uk  OR sandra.jones@coventry.gov.uk
 

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme – As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

  • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
  • Are currently in care or have previously been in care
  • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date: Thursday 18th September – face to face at Plas Dol-y-Moch

Reference: coventrycc/TP/39115/11455

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