Chef (Part Time)

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Chef to join our team at the YMCA Hostel. The Chef will be responsible for preparing and cooking nutritious and tasty meals for our residents and guests ensuring food safety and hygiene standards are maintained.

You will work closely with other kitchen staff to manage food inventory plan menus and provide an excellent dining experience. This role requires creativity time management and a commitment to delivering high-quality meals in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:
Prepare and cook a variety of meals for hostel residents and guests.
Managing the relationship between catering staff and Residents ensuring any incidents or complaints are referred to the Catering Manager
Maintain cleanliness and organisation of the kitchen area.
Ensure food safety and hygiene practices are followed.
Ensuring food is prepared produced presented and served at correct service times within YMCAs standards and to agreed specification.
Monitor and manage food inventory ordering supplies as needed.
Work efficiently in a team collaborating with other staff members.

Qualifications:
706/1 or 706/2 or NVQ equivalent
Level 2 Certificate in Food Safety & Health & Safety or willingness to undertake the training.
Knowledge of the EU regulation 1169/2011 and 14 Annex ll allergens for all food

Working hours: This role is for 15 hours per week with exact hours to be agreed. Shifts may include some evenings and weekends and are worked on a 7-day rota.
The service operates between 11:00am and 7:00pm Monday to Sunday and we offer a flexible approach to scheduling taking into account both service needs and individual availability where possible

If youre passionate about cooking and want to make a difference in a community environment wed love to have you on board!

At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent skills and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age Disability Gender Reassignment Marriage/Civil Partnership Pregnancy/Maternity Race Religion/Belief Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds communities and industries and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills experiences and abilities.

This is a Part Time role.
Hours per week: 15
Working Pattern: Hours to be agreed

One YMCA and its subsidiaries the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive three-day Kickstarter Event.

By the end of these three days there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do more and better together so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts Beds and Bucks that reach over 135000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of childrens and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.