Facilities Assistant - Catering - NAY18057

North Ayrshire Council; Saltcoats; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

North Ayrshire Council is looking for a Facilities Assistant to support our catering service at Saltcoats. You will prepare and serve meals, operate a till and perform kitchen cleaning duties, while adhering to food safety and nutritional guidelines.

The role is term-time with start date subject to PVG and Occupational Health checks. Flexibility with working hours is desirable to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Ability to work under pressure and be a team player.
• Operate within food safety and nutritional guidelines.
• Flexibility with start and finish times to suit service needs.
• Term Time post; PVG and Occupational Health Checks are required before confirmation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve meals in a catering kitchen.
• Operate a till and undertake cleaning duties as required.

Skills

team player

ability to work under pressure

Job description

We may conduct our interviews in person or using Microsoft Teams for video calling. All you need is a device with a camera and access to the internet. We will provide guidance and instructions on how to use this method if your interview is being held virtually.

We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Reporting to the Catering Supervisor you will assist in the provision of a quality catering service within this location and associated locations, as required. As a Facilities Assistant within a kitchen, you will prepare and serve meals, operate a till and undertake specific cleaning duties. You must have the ability to work under pressure, be a team player and operate within food safety and nutritional guidelines.

Flexibility regarding start & finish times, to suit the needs on the service, would be desirable. This post is Term Time. Start date is subject to PVG and Occupational Health Checks.

For more details see the attached Role Profile below.

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Staff Values & Behaviours

North Ayrshire Council uses behavioural based approach throughout the recruitment process. Our staff values of Focus, Passion & Inspiration will be explored for this vacancy.

Further information on our Staff Values and how to complete behaviour based application form questions is available on the

Staff values and behaviours (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Additional Information

References

For your information if this post requires references you will be notified of further details if you are successful in gaining an interview. Not providing relevant references when requested may delay the outcome of the interview process.

PVG (Children)

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act, 2007. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit

Disclosure Scotland - mygov.scot. For further details on North Ayrshire Council’s policy please visit

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

In Building – More than 90% of time spent primarily at a single base or location.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: In Building

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide -

Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.

Use of AI in Applications

Applicants may use AI tools to

assist

with drafting or refining their application. However, AI should only be used to enhance an application and must not replace personal experience or be used to generate content

wholly on

the applicant’s behalf. Where it is

identified

that AI has been used to create an application in full or to falsify responses, th