Role: Ref 10921 - Nursery Cook
Location: Norwich, Norfolk
Salary: Up to £27,010.10 per annum
Contract/Hours: Permanent Full Time - 40 hours per week
Closing date: Midnight on 25th March 2025
Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays
* 60% discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs
* Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
* Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
* Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
* Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers' discounts
We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know
About Spring
Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It's our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright, engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to:
* A kind, caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing, both physical and mental.
* Flexible working - wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working.
* Lots of opportunities for training, learning, development, including gaining qualifications.
* Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector.
A bit about the location
Spring Thorpe Hamlet is 57-place nursery in the heart of Norwich for children ages 3-months to 5-years. We pride ourselves on the warm, 'home from home' environment we provide, where children are encouraged and supported to become independent learners. Our highly dedicated staff take time to get to know parents and children to ensure all of their individual care and learning needs are met: our philosophy is to actively encourage the involvement of parents so we can achieve our aim of ensuring children grow to be confident, happy and resilient.
We are looking for someone to join our impassioned and supportive team this is a nursery where career progression is supported and encouraged.
What you'll be doing
In the role of Nursery Cook, you'll be:
* Planning healthy meals, with staff that are nutritious, varied and tasty, taking into account the children's dietary and cultural requirements.
* Taking full responsibility for compliance with all relevant food hygiene and Health & Safety requirements.
* Ensuring that all stock is order and replenished as needed, that food is correctly stored in line with guidance and that stock is rotated and all equipment is kept clean and in good repair.
* Keeping waste to a minimum, ensuring our impact on the environment is as minimal as it can be, and costs are kept low.
* Managing the food budget and taking responsibility for the expenditure and invoicing.
* Always following latest legislation in relation to food and food hygiene and taking part in all necessary and required training as needed.
What we need from you
In the role of Nursery Cook, we're ideally looking for someone who has:
* A Basic food hygiene certificate - Level 3 preferred but can be obtained in the role.
* A passion for cooking and following the spring menu and inputting new ideas and recipes into menu updates.
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Experience in a similar role working in a catering environment.
Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.
We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.
Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.
Don't meet every single requirement?
If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.
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