Casual Catering Assistant

ESPO Trading Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a Catering Assistant to support the Catering Supervisor in preparing and serving school meals across various sites. You will help maintain kitchen cleanliness and follow hygiene standards, with ad-hoc hours including evenings and weekends as needed.

The role is on-site with flexible hours; a DBS enhanced check is required. Training and progression opportunities are provided, and you will join a supportive team delivering meals to pupils and staff.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of good customer care practice.
• Awareness of basic hygiene principles.
• Basic numeracy skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Catering Supervisor with preparation and serving of school meals.
• Maintain the cleanliness of kitchen areas and all equipment used.

Skills

Customer care

Hygiene basics

Numeracy skills

Teamwork & initiative

Job description

Contract Type: Casual

Working Hours: Various hours on an ad-hoc basis covering vacancies, sickness and busy periods. School hours, evenings and weekends availability - please confirm your availability on you application.

Worker Type: On-site worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £14.88 per hour

Location: Various sites - Schools and Commercial Cafes

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

• You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

As a Catering Assistant your main duties will be to assist the Catering Supervisor and existing teams with the preparation and serving of school meals and maintaining the cleanliness of the kitchen areas and all equipment used.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge of good customer care practice.
• Awareness of basic hygiene principles.
• Basic numeracy skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Nottingham Catering, by telephone on 0115 8765432 or by email at [e-mail]

Closing date:

Friday 25th September 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:

TBC

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