RAFAKidz Walters Ash Part Time Nursery Cook

RAFAKidz Limited; Leicester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A childcare service provider in Leicester is looking for a Nursery Cook to prepare nutritious meals for children, ensuring dietary needs are met. This role involves planning, preparing, and serving meals, maintaining kitchen hygiene, and managing stock. The ideal candidate should have NVQ Level 2 in food hygiene and a passion for enhancing children's meal experiences. Join a caring team that values the development of its staff and enjoys a fun, stimulating work environment.

Benefits

Subsidised childcare

Refer a Friend Bonus

Cycle to Work Scheme

Onsite Gyms

Qualifications

• Planning, preparation, and serving of nutritious meals and snacks.
• Ordering, controlling, and rotating kitchen stock.
• Ensuring hygiene and cleanliness standards in the kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals catering to children's dietary requirements.
• Maintain high hygiene standards in the kitchen.
• Control kitchen stock and conduct regular checks.

Skills

Stamina

Patience

Creativity

Knowledge of dietary requirements

Education

Minimum NVQ Level 2 in food hygiene

Job description

Nursery Cook

25 hours per week 9am – 2pm Monday to Friday

We offer

• Subsidised childcare to all permanent staff
• Refer a Friend Bonus
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Onsite Gyms at set locations

Just like our children, our waiting lists are growing! In each of our 21 settings we create experiences that are special, unique and child focused. Our staff are specially selected for their loving and caring nature, as well as their expertise. The needs of military families are unique, and at RAFAKidz we take extra care to make sure those needs are met.

What makes us different

By joining us as part of our RAFAKidz family, we make a commitment to your ongoing development and future career opportunities. (Please read our staff testimonials on our website!) We ask that you bring a positive, caring and enthusiastic attitude and in return we will give you a great induction experience, training and development opportunities and you’ll be learning on the job from amazing colleagues!

About you

As our Cook, you will have lots of stamina, patience, creativity and imagination with an abundance of great ideas to enhance meal times. The key responsibilities of the role include the planning, preparation and serving of age appropriate, nutritious and well-balanced meals and snacks catering for the children’s individual dietary requirements and food allergies. You will be responsible for the ordering, control, storage and rotation of kitchen stock and ensuring that you and Kitchen Assistants ensure hygiene and cleanliness within the kitchen is of the highest standard in accordance with Environmental Health requirements and legislation. A minimum NVQ Level 2 in food hygiene is an essential requirement along with excellent knowledge of current legislations in Environmental Health and Food Standards Agency.

This post requires a satisfactory, enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check on appointment and every three years thereafter. As part of our inclusive culture, we encourage applications across all cultural backgrounds, genders and abilities.

Interviews are ongoing and we may close this advert early so please do not delay in applying, we’d love to hear from you.