Jobs

Purpose of the role
We are looking for people who have experience or a keen interest in cooking to join our team at The Hill House Café.

Key Responsibilities
• Making freshly prepared lunches including soup, sandwiches, scones, baked potatoes.
• Keeping up to date HACCP, COSHH checklists and temperature sheets.
• Ensure high standards of kitchen hygiene, cleanliness, tidiness and related schedules.
• Use fresh produce and ingredients whenever and wherever possible and minimise wastage.
• Maintain a high standard of food presentation to the customer.
• Share in the common responsibility of implementing the Trust’s “Health & Safety Policy”, being mindful at all times of the health and safety of self, staff, volunteers, and visitors.
• Share in the common responsibility of working in a manner mindful of the Trust’s obligations to minimise impact on the environment, through e.g. efficient use of water/heat/light, recycling and the disposal of waste, considered use of transport.
• Help to reduce occurrences where Health or Safety of yourself and other employees may be put in jeopardy.
• Adherence to the COSHH Training provided and control of substances covered by COSHH.
• Involvement in the upkeep and maintenance of both the entire department site and, specifically, the Catering Outlets.
• Involvement in assessing and preserving the safety of utensils and equipment used within the Catering Outlets.

The current duties of this job do not require a criminal records (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.

SCOPE OF ROLE
Location
The Hill House Cafe

People Management
• The Post Holder does not have direct line management responsibilities.

Financial Management
• Not a budget holder but responsible for the day to day management of stock

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

The above outlines the key skills and behaviours the job holder will need to possess and exercise. In addition, either knowledge of, or experience in the following is required:

Essential
• Demonstrable experience as a cook/home cook in preparing and producing food to a consistently high standard using fresh products and ingredients.
• Highly developed organisational skills, deployable in a multi-tasking environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and the ability to motivate a team.

Application Deadline: Sunday 23/11/2025