Cook

Salary: £13.92-£14.59 per hour

Grade: E

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time, 27.5 hours per week (Term time only)

Location: Thirsk, North Yorkshire - Dishforth Airfield 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 Dishforth Airfield School, catering for around 65 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 08:30 to 14:00, 5.5 hours per day, totalling 27.5 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 £13.92-£14.59 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 increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary

Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme

This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer.

More Information

If you would like an informal discussion please contact Geraldine Johnson (Area Manager) on View phone number on nycjobs.engageats.co.uk or email at View email address on nycjobs.engageats.co.uk

Key Dates

Closing date: 27th September 2026

Interview date: 08th October 2026

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

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

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