Chef de Partie

Package Description

Benefits

This is a permanent full-time role, working 35 hours per week 5 days over 7, early or back shift, with overtime available.

Annual Salary:        Competitive salary, based on experience.

Staff Benefits:         In addition to being part of a great team you will be entitled to a range of benefits that include:

• 30 days holidays and 8 days public holidays, generally taken outside term time.
• Time off over Christmas and New Year (2 weeks of annual leave) as the school is closed during this time. 
• Parking within the campus grounds. The campus is easily accessed by car and bus; there is a bus stop located outside the campus serving several routes across the city and to rail stations.
• Membership of Westwoods gym and health club which offers a range of excellent fitness and leisure facilities including a 25m swimming pool.
• Free lunchtime meals during term time, and at other times when catering is provided, and you are on duty.
• Life insurance scheme.
• Excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• You will be opted into the Fettes College Pension Plan after 3 months service. This scheme is a money purchase one, operating as a salary exchange plan. The College will contribute to the scheme a minimum of 8% and you will contribute a minimum of 2% employee. Fettes operate a contribution matching scheme up to 12% of base salary.
• Access to discounted healthcare, additional life insurance, shopping discounts, etc through our benefits portal.

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a Chef de Partie to join our amazing Catering Department - the Catering team play an important part in the life of the School. The Chef de Partie will be responsible for assisting the Kitchen Team in providing nutritious, healthy and delicious meals for students and staff during term time, and for the Fettes College Language School students and staff during the summer. The Chef de Partie will also be required to support functions and events within the College as required.

Main Responsibilities

Please see the full Job Description for duties and responsibilities for this role

The Ideal Candidate

Person Specification

• Have a passion for providing excellent customer service.
• Have a strong background in a similarly high volume/high quality establishment.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Passionate about food and delivering high standards as a matter of course.
• Be a competent multi-tasker, who can work under pressure, and as part of a happy and committed team.
• An Intermediate Food Hygiene qualification would be preferable, and experience of allergen legislation and special diets would be useful.
• Awareness of Health & Safety requirements within a catering environment.
• The demands of this role include the ability to be on your feet for the daily rostered hours and a high level of manual handling and physical dexterity.  

About the school/organisation

ABOUT FETTES

The school stands on a magnificent site of approximately 100 acres, within walking distance of Edinburgh’s city centre and is a leading HMC co-educational independent boarding and day school, with a Prep school for students starting at age 7 and from September 2025 a Pre-Prep was introduced. Known for its academic excellence, Fettes is unique in Scotland in following the English curriculum of GCSE examinations and the dual pathway of A Level and International Baccalaureate (IB). Fettes has a strong focus on pastoral care and all-round education, providing their students with ‘A place to live. A place to learn. A place to grow’. Founded by Sir William Fettes in 1870, it was originally a boy’s school and started admitting girls in 1970. The main building was designed by one of Scotland's leading architects, David Bryce. We are a community of more than 1000 individuals, made up of just under 700 students and over 300 dedicated staff.

Aims

Fettes College aims to nurture the individual while fostering a happy, well-ordered and caring community with strong family values at its core. To this end, we will do our utmost to ensure our students:

• Receive the highest possible quality of education within a boarding environment
• Feel safe, valued, have a sense of personal worth and are thoughtful and considerate of the needs of others, possessing a willingness to take on responsibility
• Develop their self-confidence, integrity, emotional resilience, loyalty, good manners and humour, leadership skills and teamwork
• Value a sense of community and service, and develop a clear sense of right and wrong, equipping them for life beyond Fettes
• Are provided with equal opportunities regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnic origin race, or religion
• Are encouraged to stretch and challenge themselves in everything they undertake