Spring

Nursery Cook

Exeter

£27.1k/yr

Posted 1 day ago

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Nursery Cook

Location: Exeter

Salary: up to £27,135.22 per annum (pro rata)

Contract/Hours: Permanent/Part Time – 25 hours per week

Closing date: Midnight on the 19th of August 2026

Benefits:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Professional qualifications and excellent training
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers

About the Role

Are you passionate about preparing nutritious, delicious meals that help children thrive? We're looking for a caring, organised nursery cook to join our team at Spring Cedars.

In this role, you'll plan and prepare healthy, balanced meals and snacks for children aged 0 to 5, ensuring all dietary, allergy, and nutritional requirements are met. You'll be responsible for maintaining high standards of food hygiene, safety, and cleanliness in the kitchen while managing stock, ordering supplies, and working within budget.

We're looking for someone with previous experience working in a busy commercial kitchen or catering environment, confident in preparing meals for larger numbers, and can work efficiently while maintaining exceptional food hygiene standards.

You'll work closely with the nursery team to create positive mealtime experiences that encourage children to develop healthy eating habits from an early age. If you take pride in providing great food and want to make a real difference to children's well-being every day, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Nursery

Spring Cedars is a friendly and welcoming nursery in Exeter, providing high-quality care and early education for children from birth to five years. As part of spring by Action for Children, we're passionate about creating a safe, nurturing environment where children can learn, grow, and thrive.

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Why Spring Nurseries

Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is a new adventure. At Spring Nurseries, where more than a collection of settings, we are a family, dedicated to nurturing children to thrive and supporting staff through a clear career pathway.

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you.

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life.

Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you.

Contact

Shannon Neander at recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk [recruitmentservice@actionforchildren.org.uk] quoting reference 13504

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

At Spring, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.

Don't Meet Every Single Requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the JD and Person Specification when applying.

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.

Talent Pool

We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.

If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Partner. We'll be happy to give you any support you require.