Food Technician

Zest Education are currently recruiting for a reliable and organised Food Technician to join a busy secondary school in the Old Oscott area. This is a temporary position starting immediately and continuing until further notice.

This role is ideal for an experienced Food Technician or a candidate with transferable skills from catering, hospitality, food preparation, laboratory, or educational support environments.

The Role

As a Food Technician, you will play a key role in supporting the Food Technology Department by preparing ingredients, maintaining equipment, and ensuring practical lessons run smoothly and safely.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing ingredients, materials, and equipment for Food Technology lessons.
• Supporting teachers during practical food sessions.
• Maintaining a clean, organised, and safe food preparation environment.
• Monitoring and managing stock levels of ingredients and equipment.
• Ordering supplies as required.
• Cleaning and maintaining kitchen equipment and workstations.
• Ensuring compliance with food hygiene and health and safety regulations.
• Assisting with displays, events, and curriculum activities within the department.
• Managing storage areas and ensuring ingredients are correctly labelled and rotated.

Requirements

Essential:

• Previous experience as a Food Technician in a school setting or experience with transferable skills from catering, hospitality, food production, or a similar environment.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills.
• Knowledge of food hygiene and kitchen safety procedures.

Desirable:

• Experience working within a secondary school.
• Food Hygiene Certificate (Level 2 or above).
• Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements within Food Technology departments.
• Experience supporting practical learning environments.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Phoebe Ratcliffe at [email removed] or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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