Catering Assistant

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Beverley; Hybrid; GBP 6,700 - 6,800; Part time

Job summary

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is seeking a catering assistant for St Mary’s CE Primary School in Beverley to support daily lunch service in a term-time, part-time role. The position includes food preparation, serving meals, and maintaining kitchen hygiene.

Hours are 11.25 per week (11:45am–2pm, Monday to Friday) with DBS clearance required; basic Food Hygiene qualification is beneficial, and training can be provided.

Qualifications

• Basic Food Hygiene qualification is beneficial; training may be provided.

Responsibilities

• Assist in day‑to‑day kitchen operations.
• Help with food preparation and serving meals to pupils and adults.
• Set up and clear away tables and chairs for school lunches.
• Maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness at all times.

Education

Basic Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

£6,717 - £6,824 per year (Grade 3A term time pro rata)

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Term Entry

Permanent

Type Hours

Part time (11.25 hours per week)

Days

Monday to Friday

Address

St Marys CE Primary School, Eden Road, Beverley, HU17 7HD

Required as soon as possible, we are looking for an enthusiastic and committed catering assistant to assist with the day to day running and operation of the school kitchen at St Mary’s. The position is both challenging and varied. You will need to be hard working, flexible and have good timekeeping.

This position involves working in the school kitchen, assisting in the preparation of food, helping to set out and clear away tables and chairs for school lunches each day, serving meals to pupils and adults, and cleaning and tidying away after service, maintaining excellent standards of hygiene and cleanliness at all times. A Basic Food Hygiene qualification would be beneficial, however, training can be given.

The hours for this post will be:

11.25hrs/week 11:45am-2pm Monday to Friday term time only plus cleaning days

Online applications close on 2 October. Applications will be received at the school up until 9am on 3 October.

Schools applications

This school does not have the resources to send individual notifications to all applicants who are not shortlisted so if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have been unsuccessful.

If selected for interview, an online search will be conducted for candidates. This is in line with KCSiE 2022.

DBS/Medical check

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check. The school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare. All members of staff are expected to share this commitment.