Chef - 35 hours per week (6am - 1.15pm / 6.45am - 2pm), Term Time Plus 3 days

Grace College's kitchen is at the heart of daily school life, with our catering team producing hundreds of healthy, nutritious meals for students, staff and visitors every day, and catering for special events within the academic year.  

We now have the opportunity to recruit a new member of staff to our catering team to help us deliver an even better service to the students and staff.

We are looking for a team member who:

• has willingness to serve and work as part of a team;
• is customer focused;
• is able to keep calm under pressure;
• has excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as positive attitude;
• is able to work unsupervised and prioritise workload;
• has experience of working in a kitchen;
• has a positive, flexible "can do" attitude and enthusiastic approach.

We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.

Further information is available in the Job pack.

Join us and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:

• Defined benefit pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking
• Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
• Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 25 days, plus bank 8 holidays per annum, pro-rated for part-time post-holders)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

Grace College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.  Where the post is engaged in regulated activity, and/or an opportunity for contact with children the position will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In addition, as part of the shortlisting process, and in accordance with statutory guidance, we may carry out an online search (for publicly available material) to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened which we may want to explore with shortlisted applicants at interview.