Thank you for donating to The Outward Bound Trust!. Your first payment has been authorised and your subscription has been setup!
If you need to change your subscription details, please call us on +44 (0) 1931 740 000.
Sorry, it looks like something went wrong whilst your payment was being processed. Please try again.
If you need help, please call us on +44 (0) 1931 740 000.
Would you like to play a key role in enhancing the adventurous experience for our customers on an Outward Bound course? Your talent for preparing excellent food and managing a great kitchen is an essential part of our mission.
Say goodbye to working split-shifts, late evenings, every weekend, every Christmas and New Year. Say hello to a job that means something to so many…
Contract: Permanent / full time / 40 hours a week.
Salary: £27,062 – £29,125, plus benefits.
Holidays: 24 days a year, (rising by a day a year to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays.
Location: Outward Bound Eskdale, West Cumbria.
Apply by: 9am Monday, 25 November 2024.
Start date: January 2025.
You’ll be contributing to the adventurous experience for our customers attending an Outward Bound course. Your ability to make great food is a vital part of our mission. A critical part of an Outward Bound residential is eating food that fuels big adventures and tastes amazing.
Our Eskdale Centre is a one hundred bedded outdoor education centre, consisting of a variety of buildings from a Grade Listed II main house to more modern accommodation areas all set in amazing grounds. We work with young people aged 16-25 who are in the early stages of their careers. We value our catering and hospitality team greatly.
The Lead Chef is a hands-on role and is responsible for providing the day to day catering provision, plus the leadership and management of all aspects of the catering department.
If you join us, you'll be leading a catering team of approximately 5 staff, working in large spacious kitchens, providing wholesome, home cooked meals for up to 104 people.
Our hospitality team play a very important role in the experience that course participants and guests have whilst at the centre.
This job is much more than just cooking. You’ll be part of something really worthwhile. Outward Bound is a charity. Thousands of young people come to our centres every year for a few days of outdoor learning and adventure.
Your food will give them the energy to get to the top of a mountain, row across the lake and climb up a waterfall. Without you, they simply won't have the physical energy to power through their week.
“It is a lifestyle choice. You’re not stuck in kitchen never seeing your customers. I speak to young people every day. I hear about their adventures at Outward Bound and help them make the best food choices. I’m also surrounded by mountaineers, climbers, paddlers, mountain bikers and some of the best outdoor educators in the world. I can access the lake on my days off. And the team here are always friendly, it's never dull.”
To apply for this job please send a covering letter, explaining your fit to the job description and the person specification, together with an up to date CV, by 09.00, Monday, 25 November to Jay Lombard: workforus@outwardbound.org.uk
If you have any queries regarding the role or the recruitment process, please contact Jay Lombard, Head of Hospitality by email to book a time for an informal chat jay.lombard@outwardbound.org.uk
We will be reviewing applications periodically as they are received and may conduct interviews before the closing date. We reserve the right to close the recruitment process early where suitable candidates are identified and encourage an early application.
We know that confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect candidate. So, however, you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.
Please note: Outward Bound Eskdale is in a beautiful location. You'll need to have your own transport to get to the centre (we have free parking places for you on site).
If we offer you the job, you'll be asked to do a disclosure check which we will administer.
