Chef
Harlow College
Essex
- £22,672 - £23,336 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 January 2024
Job overview
Chef
Starting Salary £22,672 per annum
Located at Stansted Airport College and Harlow College
37 Hours a week 7.00 am – 3.30pm Mon - Fri
Permanent
About the team
You should share our passion for delivering the very best service and exciting fresh and nutritious food on a daily basis - It all starts with enjoyment; great tasting, healthy food that students look forward to and really love!
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative chef to join our team. This is a permanent position and is well suited to an individual that is looking for a role that is purely week days with no evenings but has experience of preparing fresh food in a high-volume kitchen.
The successful candidate will be required to ensure that all food is freshly produced and to the very highest standard, and it goes without saying that all health, safety and food hygiene requirements are met and complied with.
What we are looking for
- A fun person who enjoys and takes the job seriously
- Ambitious in wanting to provide the best service
- An eye for detail and pride in your team’s ability to deliver consistently
- Ability to work under pressure
- Have a passion and commitment to provide good customer service
- Have a flexible and positive approach
- Have excellent communication skills with a good level of spoken and written English
We are particularly interested in candidates who have proven experience and have a level 3 chef qualification. HACCP Compliant.
What we can offer
The successful candidate can expect the college to provide a uniform, a meal on duty, fund any training required for the role, invest in their professional development and opportunities to further their career as well as an excellent benefits package including 30 days) annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme and many more!
Still unsure if this is the right role for you?
Contact Stuart Smith
on ssmith@harlow-college.ac.uk or Alison Armitage at aarmitage@harlow-college.ac.uk for an informal discussion.
To apply
Click on the link below or copy and paste the URL in to your browser
Closing date for applications Friday 5th January 2024
This vacancy may close early dependant on the volume of applications received, we therefore encourage you to apply ASAP.
Please note training for this role will take place at our Harlow College campus.
This college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
About Harlow College
The locality
Harlow is strategically placed on the West Essex/Hertfordshire border at the centre of the London, Stansted, Cambridge corridor, one of the fastest growing and economically important areas in the UK. Significant local employers include GlaxoSmith Kline, Raytheon UK, Stansted Airport and Public Health England who are soon to relocate to Harlow. The area also has a thriving manufacturing industry that sits within the supply chain of many large multi-national companies. This means that Harlow College is at the forefront of providing the pipeline for the future workforce in scientific and technical disciplines, as well as, the service economy that supports any thriving region.
The surrounding area includes many attractive villages, which, like the town itself, also serve as dormitory suburbs of London.
About the College
Harlow College is a strong and successful further education college which aims to provide our students with “Not just courses, careers”, providing them with the skills to achieve 1st class destinations and employment.
We place learners at the heart of all we do, and were graded as good by Ofsted who commented that ‘Learners make good progress because their teachers plan lessons and good resources that make learning challenging and stimulating’. Our progress measure (value-added) places us as the top college in the country for A Level progress and in the top 1% for academic and vocational progress.
We offer the widest range of post-16 courses in the area and we have excellent links with employers - giving access to work placements that genuinely help improve career prospects. We also run an extensive range of Apprenticeships including higher apprenticeships which complement our degrees and foundation degrees offered through Anglia Ruskin University and our own Higher National Certificate and Diploma provision. In addition, we work extensively across the area working with adults by providing short vocational courses leading directly to employment.
The College is a multi-million pound campus and substantial investment has resulted in buildings are which are truly inspirational and have cutting edge facilities. These include salons, restaurants, broadcast facilities, a theatre, recording and multimedia studios, a category C biohazard science lab, a healthcare mobility suite and a creche. The most recent of these is our Harlow Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Centre opening in January 2016 an £11 million investment.
Curriculum
The College has a strong reputation for the quality of its provision and for the richness and breadth of its curriculum. It also has a reputation for the care it gives to its students and for the attention it gives to their personal growth. The college is at the forefront of curriculum innovation, working closely with employers to ensure students leave with the qualifications and the knowledge and competence needed for future life and a career.
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