Assistant Cook (Cook 3) - South West

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Assistant Cook (Cook 3)
Various across South West Edinburgh

Salary: £23,087 - £23,388 (pro-rata for part-time and sessional)
Hours: See below, 38 weeks sessional

Sighthill Primary School - 20 hours per week
Currie Primary School - 23.5 hours per week
Longstone - 30 hours per week
Redhall - 20 hours per week

Edinburgh Catering Services operate across 100 schools and various commercial buildings including the capitals prestigious City Chambers. You could join the 600 staff we have across Edinburgh delivering over 25,000 meals daily to schools, nurseries, lunch clubs and office buildings, making us the largest catering operation in the capital.

Every one of our employees contributes to the success of our organisation and most importantly the health of over 25,000 pupils daily. We are an award-winning service and are very proud to deliver high quality catering services

Please see attached documentation for further information about the role.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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