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Are you keen to join a friendly team who are committed to making a real impact in their local community?

If so, this role is for you.  

We are recruiting a Cook to join our friendly team at Sicklinghall School, Main Street, Sicklinghall, Wetherby, LS22 4BD.

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

·       28 days holiday per year plus Bank Holidays

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

For full details, please see our total rewards brochure

The Role

You will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. NYES is 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. 

As a Cook you will be delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to prepare and cook for approximately 60 children a day, serve meals to pupils and staff as well as other kitchen management duties such as supervision of staff, ordering of food, stocktaking and administration, setting out and putting away dining furniture, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining areas. 

As a valued member of our hard-working team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes, working typically 25 hours per week over 5 days – 8:30am start with a 13:30pm finish.

This family friendly role will allow you to work around school holiday commitments.  

Training will be given. 

 You will work term time weeks only; however, you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. 

For this you will be paid £13.47 to £14.13 per hour, in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement. 

Contact 

If you would like an informal discussion about this vacancy, please contact Geraldine Johnson Geraldine.Johnson@northyorks.gov.uk 

Key Dates:

Closing date: Sunday 15th March 2026

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.

Company: North Yorkshire Council

Salary: £13.47 - £14.13 per hour

Location: Wetherby, West Yorkshire

Sector: Corporate Services

Sector: Customer Services

Job Role: Operative