Chef

Job summary

Chef

Erskine Veterans Activities Centre (EVAC), Forres

25 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Grade 3 Salary £16,900 - £20,875 per annum (£13.00 - £16.06 per hour)

Permanent, Part-time role

Starting salary negotiable within the band, dependent on skills & experience

Closing Date: Sunday, 28 September 2025

Working for Erskine:

“ERSKINE is an iconic Scottish charity, formed in 1916 by Scotland’s compassionate response to the horrors of war. A century later, we still believe that Veterans and their families deserve our utmost respect and compassion, for the sacrifices they made and the challenges they now face.  At Erskine, we work as a dedicated team to ensure that Veterans of all ages are cared for to the highest of standards in a beautiful, fun-filled environment, made up of two care homes and a Veterans Village of cottages, activities centres and apartments. 

Our Erskine Veterans Activity Centres (EVACs), and the skills, activities and sense of community which they offer, have been rightly described as life-changing and life-saving by military Veterans of all ages. EVACs are central to Erskine’s future plans. It is our strategic aim to create an EVAC in at least 5 regional locations across Scotland. They will not only support meaningful activities and wellbeing for members – they will become operating hubs for partner organisations and evolve into regional offices for our new Care and Support at Home services.

The people in our team are crucial to providing the best possible community support, so we recognise and reward our employees with benefits including employer pension contribution, fantastic career opportunities, and enhanced annual leave.

If you are kind and committed to the Veteran community, then you do have what it takes to be part of the team here at Erskine! We exist to offer exceptional care and support to our ex-service community and everyone in every role, in every department plays their part.”

The Role:

The post-holder will support the overall catering provision within the centre, providing a safe, quality and cost-effective service to members, staff and visitors. You will be directly involved in the preparation and cooking of food, stock rotating, menu development, and cleaning. Chef activities cover all aspects of working in a large commercial kitchen producing safe and nutritious food.

Knowledge, training and experience required:

·  C&G Diploma in professional cookery or equivalent in a similar role

·  Elementary Food Hygiene Certificate 

·  Good sound knowledge of all disciplines within an industrial kitchen environment

·  Understanding of dietary needs

·  Good understanding of HACCP principals

·  Soft skills - communication, teamwork, organising and planning own workload

·  Experience of working in a large kitchen producing over 50 meals per day

·  Experience of a retail environment

We offer competitive rates of pay, a staff pension scheme and enhanced annual leave entitlement.

Benefits: 

·  Dayforce Wallet – employees have the power to request up to 50% of their earned pay, on-demand, in between pay periods with Dayforce Wallet

·  28 days annual leave plus 5 public holidays, increasing to 33 days per year, at the rate of 1 additional day for 5 years

• Employer pension contribution
• Structured Induction programme 
• Flexible working considered
• Opportunities for training & development
• Enhanced sick & maternity pay
• In-house Occupational Health Service
• Free On-Site Parking
• Health and Wellbeing Scheme
• Blue Light Card

Please note:

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK. Erskine are unable to provide sponsorship. If you are selected for interview, you will receive an invite by email (please ensure you check your spam / junk mailbox).

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Disclosure Scotland Check.  Where a candidate has resided in the UK for less than five years and lived / remained in a country for six months or more, in addition to a Disclosure/PVG, they will be asked to complete a criminal records check application via HireRight.

Erskine is an Equal Opportunities Employer