Proposed Interview Date: Monday 14 September 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 6 September 2026

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: FCLW £25,604.23 pro rata

Working Pattern: 16 hours per week

Location: Lochore

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement

Do you have Catering Experience or a Qualification such as an SVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent?

We currently have a vacancy to join our busy team of Commercial Caterers at Lochore Meadows Park Cafe.

Lochside Café, Lochore Meadows

• 16 Hours per week at weekends, additional hours may be available. 52-week contract

You will earn a competitive salary of £25,604.23 pro-rata and have access to a range of benefits, including:

• We pay the Scottish Local Government Living Wage of £13.64 per hour for this post, plus extra payments for shift work, including weekends.

• Pay is every 4 weeks

• Membership of Fife Pension Fund which is part of the Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS Scotland)

• Generous Holiday Allowance

• Access to and support with a training opportunities and qualifications for the job.

• Local and national discounts including cinema’s supermarkets, restaurants, and retail!

This work is about providing customer service, in a busy catering environment. Ensuring visitors to the Lochside Cafe are catered for accordingly.

Duties will include preparation of food and beverages and the organisation of the service of food.

Duties may include transporting and serving of meals, general kitchen and dining room duties (for example washing up, setting up and clearing away equipment and tables), and cleaning of the kitchen, its surround and equipment.

Completion of basic bookwork may be required.

On the job training is given working towards a Food Hygiene Certificate.

The Person

Catering Experience or a Qualification such as an SVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent is required.

Being able to work in various team dynamics or working on your own and being able to use your initiative is advantageous.

You will be required to attend an Induction Training Day before starting in post

Further Information

• How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.

• Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services

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For further information please contact: Florence Hutchison at Florence.Hutchison@fife.gov.uk