• Vacancy:
    ID 691
  • Advertising End Date:
    11 Jun 2025
  • All Locations
    Baldragon Academy
  • Sector
    Catering
  • Advertising Salary
    £17,100.10 per annum
  • Vacancy Type
    Permanent
  • Catering
  • Working Pattern
    Monday to Friday 8.00am - 2.30pm
  • Working Year
    Term Time 192 days
  • Hours Per Week:
    30 hours
  • About the Job Role

  • As an Assistant Cook, you will undertake, normally under the general direction of a higher graded operative in a kitchen, the preparation, cooking and serving of meals.
     
    You will be a flexible, adaptable individual with effective organisational and interpersonal skills.  With cooking, preparation and food presentation skills, you will have previous experience of working in catering, previous experience of directing and supervising catering assistants, an elementary food hygiene certificate and working knowledge of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP).

    You will have the ability to:

    - assist with the control of budgetary costs
    - assist with the effective control of food hygiene, health and safety
    - carry out administration duties and;
    - identify training needs within a catering team.
  • About Tayside Contracts

  • Tayside Contracts is the collaborative operating arm of the three Councils in Tayside (our Constituent Councils): 

    • Angus Council
    • Dundee City Council
    • Perth & Kinross Council 

    We currently employ 2,559 people covering over 3,000 posts, working in more than 420 establishments across Tayside providing essential public services to the 420,000 residents in Tayside on behalf of the three councils.

    Our services include catering, cleaning, roads maintenance, winter and emergency response, vehicle maintenance, quarry materials and a Signshop.

    Our Vision is to be ‘a high performing and expanding shared service: proud of what we do and chosen for how we do it’.

    To support us to reach our vision, and strategic priorities outlined in our Business Plan, we have 4 key values:

    • People
    • Performance
    • Partnership
    • Perception

    Our values are embedded within the culture of Tayside and outline who we need to be; how we need to act and behave, to achieve what we want for Tayside Contracts and our local communities.

    Employee Benefits

    Working with Tayside Contracts has its perks and employees have access to a fantastic range of employee benefits including:

    • 28 days Annual Leave rising to 33 after 5 years service
    • 5 fixed Public Holidays
    • Additional Long Service Leave and Long Service Awards
    • Opportunities for Overtime
    • Generous Occupational Pension Scheme (including 15.7% contribution by the employer and Ill Health Retirement Enhancements and Death in Service Benefits)
    • Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVCs) Scheme
    • Lifestyle Savings Discounts - giving you access to a range of discounts across UK major retailers
    • Physical, financial and mental wellbeing support including access to an employee assistance programme
    • Occupational Sick Pay
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
    • Tay Valley Credit Union
    • Corporate Fitness Membership Rate
    • Supported Volunteering Policy
    • Charity/Payroll Giving Scheme
    • Annual Employee Awards
    • Learning, Development and Career Progression Opportunities
    • Flexible Working and Flexible Retirement Policies
    • Family Friendly Policies

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