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Midland Mencap

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United Kingdom , Birmingham

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Gastronomy

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Not provided

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Salary:

24307.00 GBP / Year
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Job Description:

Midland Mencap is looking to recruit a Community Cook to support our recently launched Community Café – The Happy Bean Café. The café aims to provide a welcoming meeting place for the local community, with affordable, high-quality food and beverages. It is at the heart of our community centre and links to activities taking place in the centre, such as cooking classes and hosts information drop-ins. Our goal is to continue to build our customer base and bridge the gap between our current centre users and the wider community.

Job Responsibility:

  • Continuously review and improve the menu and café performance
  • Prepare, cook, and serve meals efficiently, ensuring quality and minimizing waste
  • Safely store food, rotate stock, monitor ‘use by’ dates, and manage supplier orders within budget
  • Build and maintain good rapport with customers, citizens, and their families
  • Immediately report incidents involving citizens, staff, or visitors to the Operations Manager
  • Ensure kitchen operations comply with Environmental Health and Health and Safety regulations and maintain accurate records
  • Collaborate with colleagues and volunteers to ensure smooth event and programme operations
  • Set up and clean community kitchens before and after activities
  • Assist the Volunteer Manager in recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers
  • Engage with local partners to involve a diverse range of groups and promote participation in our activities
  • Represent the café at local events and groups to promote its work and activities
  • Gather and provide information to support performance monitoring
  • Promote and support Midland Mencap’s commitment to accessibility and inclusive activities
  • Uphold and advocate for the values of Midland Mencap in the community
  • Adhere to the organization’s ethos, policies, procedures, and relevant legislation
  • Empower local people to take ownership of their learning and adopt sustainable behaviours
  • Work effectively with team members, including staff, sessional workers, and volunteers, to achieve goals
  • Collaborate constructively with partners, groups, and organisations
  • Ensure an excellent participant experience
  • Report on the success of assigned tasks
  • Attend and contribute to team meetings and training courses
  • Undertake other duties as required

Requirements:

  • Warm, personable, and caring individual
  • Ability to work well with the public, including people with disabilities, their unpaid/family carers and wider community members
  • Passion for the role
  • Strong communicator
  • Excellent cooking and hospitality skills
  • Thrives in a fast-paced environment
  • High standards
  • Experience
  • Creative cook with innovative ideas
  • Ability to maintain high kitchen standards
  • Adherence to all health and safety regulations
  • Ability to build and maintain good rapport with customers, citizens, and their families
  • Polite and courteous
  • Ability to collaborate with colleagues, volunteers, and local partners
  • Ability to represent the café at local events
  • Ability to gather and provide information for performance monitoring
  • Commitment to accessibility and inclusive activities
  • Uphold and advocate for organizational values
  • Adherence to ethos, policies, procedures, and legislation
  • Empower local people
  • Work effectively in a team
  • Ensure excellent participant experience
  • Report on task success
  • Attend meetings and training

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 20, 2026

Expiration:
April 12, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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