Cook 4 - Highland Council

Ref no:HGH14325

Published:06/01/2026

Closes:19/01/2026

Location:Portree High School, Viewfield Road, Portree, Isle of Skye, IV51 9ET

Salary:£22,624 - £24,765 per year

Contract Type:Permanent

Position Type:Part Time

Hours:32.5 hours per week

Job Description

Post Title: Cook 4

Location: Portree High School

Hours: 32.5 hrs per week

Duration: Permanent

Salary: £22,624 - £24,765 per annum

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale

Contact Person: Caroline Knox E-mail: caroline.knox@highland.gov.uk

Job Purpose: To be responsible for the efficient and effective operation in providing meals, snacks, and other catering services. To ensure the provision of an extensive multi-choice cash-cafeteria service in compliance with the School Health Promotion and Nutrition (Scotland) Act 2007 within a large catering establishment.

This will encompass direct control over, production, ordering and provisions and maintenance of stock levels. Smooth effective and efficient running of the catering services within the school including the supervision and training of a large team of staff employed on site. In addition to daily cash cafeteria services establishments will provide vending, ad hoc functions, catering events and the collection and banking of all Highland Council monies.

Please APPLY ONLINE. If you are unable to apply online and you wish to request an offline application pack, please contact HR Transactions email: Recruitment.Enquiries@highland.gov.uk quoting the post reference number above.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Prior to confirming appointment, we will require successful candidates to become members of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Short listed applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

Elementary Food Hygiene Certificate or similar qualification

Trained First Aider or willingness to undertake qualification

This position is classified as a regulated role. As such, an Overseas Criminal Record Check may be required depending on your nationality and recent residency history. Specifically, this check will be necessary if you do not meet both of the following criteria:

You must be a national of the United Kingdom or one of the following countries: Germany, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Greece, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, or Poland.

You must not have lived or worked in any country outside of the UK or those listed above for a period of three months or more, while aged 18 years or over, within the past five years.

Please note that it is your responsibility to obtain the Overseas Criminal Record Check, and you will be required to cover any associated costs

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