Chef, Ebrook Resource Centre

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We're looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Chef to join our Day Centre catering team, helping to provide high-quality, nutritious meals to some of Birmingham's most vulnerable residents.

Working as part of a catering service, you will support the Head Chef and Second Chef in delivering an excellent dining experience for service users and visitors. You'll prepare and cook appetising, nutritionally balanced meals that meet a variety of dietary, cultural and individual needs while maintaining the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and customer care.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who is passionate about food, enjoys working with people, and wants to make a positive impact on the wellbeing of others.

What You'll Be Doing

• Preparing, cooking and presenting high-quality meals to set standards
• Developing and delivering menus that meet nutritional requirements and individual dietary needs
• Maintaining excellent standards of food hygiene, health and safety, infection control and HACCP compliance
• Ordering food supplies and managing stock rotation and storage
• Completing cleaning schedules and ensuring kitchen equipment is used and maintained correctly
• Supporting service improvements and contributing to team meetings and quality initiatives
• Providing excellent customer service to residents, visitors and colleagues
• Assisting in the supervision of Catering and Facilities Assistants where required.

About You We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience of food preparation and handling within a professional catering environment.
• Experience preparing and presenting food to high standards.
• Knowledge of nutrition and the dietary requirements of different groups of people.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to work effectively in a busy kitchen environment.
• Strong customer care and communication skills.
• Understanding of Food Hygiene legislation, HACCP and Health & Safety requirements.
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations and infection control practices.
• Basic numerical skills to support stock control and administrative duties

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Basic Food Preparation and Cooking (or equivalent).
• Level 2 Food Safety qualification.
• Manual Handling training, or willingness to undertake training.

What We Offer In Return…

• Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund – with generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 30 days, increasing with length of service
• My Rewards Scheme – access to over 800 brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support – independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application.

The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post.

Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words.

Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment. Company Job Description and Person Specification

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact [email protected]. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to [email protected] or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.

There Is a Clear Vision Which Is Ensuring That The Council Is Working For Communities Today And Building For Tomorrow, We Focus Our Resources On Five Key Priorities

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job\_vacancies

Company Info Website http://birmingham.gov.uk/ Telephone 0121 675 7070 Location Birmingham City Council

Birmingham

West Midlands

B2 2XU

United Kingdom