Chef De Partie

Chef De Partie

Location: UKRA, The Hawkhills, YO61 3EG
Salary: Competitive salary plus excellent benefits
Schedule: 40 hours per week

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Chef De Partie at the UK Resilience Academy, you’ll play a vital role in delivering high-quality catering services, ensuring every meal meets the highest standards while supporting a positive experience for all guests and colleagues.

In this role, your work has real purpose – from maintaining exceptional food quality to contributing to a safe, welcoming environment where people can focus on learning, collaboration and resilience. You’ll be part of a team that takes pride in creating impactful solutions through food, helping to deliver a positive impact on communities and those we serve every day.

What you’ll do as a Chef De Partie

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Support the day-to-day operation of the kitchen, ensuring food is prepared, cooked and presented to the highest standards
• Maintain consistent food quality and portion control across all services, both on-site and external
• Assist with menu development, bringing ideas that support innovation and variety
• Ensure strict compliance with food hygiene, health and safety, and cleanliness standards at all times
• Manage stock levels, support ordering processes, and minimise food waste wherever possible
• Work closely with kitchen and front-of-house teams to deliver a seamless and high-quality dining experience

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Strong culinary skills and a passion for high-quality food preparation
• An Intermediate Food Hygiene certificate (or equivalent)
• Good organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work under pressure
• A team-focused approach, with strong communication skills
• Flexibility to work a range of shifts, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays

Vetting and checks:
This role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance, which involves verifying your identity, employment history, nationality, and criminal record to meet government security standards. In addition, depending on the nature of the role, you may need to obtain formal Security Clearance (such as CTC or SC), which includes more detailed background checks on employment, criminal record, and financial history to ensure suitability for working in secure environments. Please note that UK residency requirements may apply for certain levels of clearance. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire so we can identify and provide any support you may need to undertake the role effectively.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service
• Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Charity: Paid volunteering day, tax-free charitable giving through Payroll Giving Scheme, donate your pennies from your monthly pay to the Serco People Fund Charity
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion and connection by providing spaces for collaboration, learning, and belonging. They represent and empower all our colleagues including LGBTQIA+ employees, women, parents and carers, people with disabilities, veterans, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. 

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