Cook - Dumfries, United Kingdom - The Food Train Ltd

The Food Train Ltd

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Dumfries, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

If you are passionate about food and supporting older people, this exciting new part-time role could be right for you.

Thanks to funding from Dumfries & Galloway Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund, we are extending our lunch project to provide homemade soup and filled rolls to our shopping delivery customers and run a simple pop-up café 1 day per week to passing older public, open on a Thursday.

We're looking for someone who can make soup and filled rolls, packed, and prepared to go out for delivery, and for serving in the pop-up café.

Food Train is a multi-award-winning national charity established in Dumfries in 1995.

Our local teams support older people to enable them to continue living independently at home by providing services such as grocery shopping, befriending, help with household tasks and a community meal sharing project.

In 2022 we fulfilled a long-held ambition to have our own building in Dumfries. 118 English Street is a community space specifically for older people, open Monday to Friday.

It has a comfortable lounge area, a dining space that seats 16, an open plan kitchen area and is fully accessible.

Job Title
Cook

Salary
£22, 553 (FTE) £13, 531 pro rata starting salary

Benefits

Pension payments 5% of gross salary
45p per mile for workbased travel
Attractive employee benefits package

Working Hours
21 hours Tuesday to Thursday

Contract Term
1 year (currently funded up until the end of March 2025)

Location
Based in our head office, 118 English Street, Dumfries

Responsible to
Regional Manager D&G

Practical Requirements

Driving license required

Operational Duties

Source and procure ingredients based on the number of orders for the week working within budget and to any allergy information. The menu is soup and filled rolls, which on café days includes home baking and simple meals.
Prepare simple lunches of homemade soup and filled rolls, up to 30 portions a day.
Pack all food for delivery in time for the van delivery volunteers to collect.
Deliver the soup to older people's homes from time to time.
Provide a warm and friendly welcome to older people visiting the popup café.
Serve café food and teas/coffees to older people coming to the popup café.
Follow REHIS principles in setting up workstations, managing ingredients, temperature checks, safe food stock control, labelling, allergy management and minimising waste.
Wear appropriate workwear whilst on duty in the kitchen.
Clean and sanitise the kitchen space after food preparation and lunch service.
Work as part of a team alongside local volunteers who will support the popup café.
Adhere to Food Train Policies and Procedures that are relevant to this role.
Undertake any necessary training and additional training required by Food Train
Agree and work to targets with Line Manager, reporting progress monthly to Line Manager.
Any other duties as reasonably requested and related to the position.

Person Specification ~ Essential

You must be confident and capable in the kitchen; however no commercial chef/cook experience or qualification is required.
You must be motivated towards improving life for older people and creating a positive lunch experience for our members and those visiting the popup café.
You must build positive relationships with Food Train staff, volunteers, members, older people, and partner organisations.
We are looking for someone with a cheerful, friendly personality and a good sense of humour.
You should be excellent at planning and prioritising to deliver quality meals to required deadlines.

Person Specification ~ Desirable but not essential

Holding a Food Hygiene certificate (REHIS intermediate or equivalent) or equivalent knowledge acquired by other means is preferable, but training can be provided.
A knowledge of local food producers and retails
A background in catering
Experience of working with older people
Previous experience of working in the voluntary sector

Job Types:
Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Salary:
From £13,531.00 per year

Expected hours: 21 per week

Benefits: