28503 - Prison Catering: Caterer/Chef - HMP Sudbury

£21,644 to £24,061
1
12 Months
West Midlands
Ashbourne
HM Prison Sudbury, DE6 5HW
AO
Band 3
Permanent
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working, Other
Other, Facilities Management

As part of the catering team you will play a vital role in helping offenders to prepare and cook meals in a rewarding, team environment.

It is a great chance to put catering qualifications into real-life practice and have an impact far beyond the kitchen.

Your food will sustain a whole prison and your work with offenders will help to make a positive contribution towards their rehabilitation.

The salary figures quoted are for a 37 hour working week inclusive of a 17% unsocial hours working allowance.

Unsocial hours are those hours outside 0700 - 1900hrs Monday to Friday and include working evening, nights, weekends and Bank / Public holidays.

Qualifications
Essential qualifications:
• Level 2 certificate in Food Production within Hospitality and Catering or equivalent
• Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2
• Vocational Qualification at Level 3 or be willing to work towards gaining this qualification within an agreed timescale

In addition, the jobholder must be:
• familiar with all current health, safety and hygiene related regulations for working in a kitchen;
• able to demonstrate competency within an industrial kitchen environment; and
• able to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (where specified in Wales) Welsh.

Refresher training in Food Safety (HACCP) should be completed at 3 year intervals.

Successful applicants need to be 18 at the point they take up post as an exception under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Requests for part-time, job share, etc working arrangements will be considered, however any such arrangements will be subject to the business need/operational requirement. This can be discussed at your interview.
Interviews are anticipated to commence early September

23/08/2019, 23:55 hours.

If you require any assistance please call 0845 241 5358 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e-mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@sscl.gse.gov.uk. Please quote the job reference 28503

Success Profiles will enable a fairer and more inclusive method of recruitment by enabling us to assess the range of experiences, abilities, strengths, behaviours and technical/professional skills required for different roles. This flexible approach to recruitment focuses more on finding the right candidate for the specific role. To find out more about Success Profiles to support your application please click here for further guidance.

if you feel that your application has not been treated in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, please contact SSCL (Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@gov.sscl.com) in the first instance

We have provided detail of the assessment stages and areas being assessed to help you prepare for completing your application form, and to advise of what will be assessed following this, if you successfully pass the application stage.


Application form stage assessments

Behaviours
Communicating and Influencing - word limit
Managing a Quality Service - word limit
Working Together - word limit
Technical Skills
Work experience 1 - word limit
Work experience 2 - word limit

Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.
Behaviours
Communicating and Influencing
Managing a Quality Service
Working Together
Making Effective Decisions
Developing Self and Others
Technical Skills
Work experience 1
Work experience 2
Strengths may also be assessed at interview but these are not shared in advance.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

· UK nationals

· nationals of the Republic of Ireland

· nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

This Vacancy is closed to applications.