Catering Assistant - MAT Cover

Catering Assistant - MAT Cover

Location: St Andrews Church of England Primary

Hours: 12.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 11:00am - 1:30pm, to be worked during the school term time

Salary: £25,614

Actual Salary: £7,488

Maternity Cover with a start date of January 2027

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to work alongside the Kitchen Lead and team in their busy kitchen.

You will play a key role in preparing healthy, nutritional and delicious meals for the children, staff and visitors to the school. Ensuring that the lunch hall is set up and ready for the children to have their lunch break and will help to clean the hall after the lunch time has finished.

You will help with serving the meals and ensuring that the kitchen meets the highest standards of cleanliness, helping to wash the pots and cutlery.

The job requirements

You will be a team player who is passionate providing children with a healthy and nutritional meals during their time at school. You will have a good understanding of a healthy and balance diet and the ability to cook tasty food while adhering to health and safety standards.

You will have good communication skills and a friendly and approachable manner. You will be a positive role model to the children.

Experience of working within a similar role would be an advantage however this is not essential as full training and support will be provided. You will however be committed to and have a good understanding of safeguarding children.

Working with us

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is essential to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we encourage the learning of new skills should you wish to develop your career with the Trust further.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.