Catering Assistant

Newhouse Academy; Heywood; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

GMPF Pension

Funded CPD

Health benefits

Gym facilities

Wellbeing Café

Free parking

Job summary

Newhouse Academy is seeking a Catering Assistant to join our busy kitchen team. You will help provide nutritious meals for students and staff, contributing to smooth dining operations and high hygiene standards.

The role is term-time, 21.25 hours per week, with a starting salary of £12,469 per annum on a permanent contract. Safeguarding checks apply, and interviews are scheduled shortly after the closing date.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, reliable and hard-working team member in a busy kitchen.
• Commitment to high standards of hygiene and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing nutritious meals for students and staff.
• Help ensure dining service runs smoothly and hygienically.

Skills

Reliable

Hard-working

Enthusiastic

Team player

Job description

Catering Assistant

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable, and hard-working Catering Assistant to join our busy kitchen team, who is, as we describe, one of “Our People”.

In this role, you will play a key part in providing nutritious, high-quality meals to our students and staff. You will help ensure our dining service runs smoothly, efficiently, and to the highest standards of hygiene and food safety.

Join our Team!

We offer:

• Membership of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF)
• Funded CPD for nationally recognised qualifications
• An optional package of health benefits from Simply Health
• Free use of brand new gym facilities
• Staff activities, including a Wellbeing Café
• Free car parking

Hours

Term time only 10.00am 2.15pm Monday Friday (21.25 hours per week)

Salary

NJC, scale Point 3 Actual Salary = £12,469 per annum

Contract type

Permanent

Start date

Immediately upon completion of safer recruitment checks

Closing date for applications

6th October 2026 at 10.00am

Interviews

Week commencing 5th October 2026.

Newhouse Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. The information requested for applicants is considered to be objectively justified to comply with government guidance on safer recruitment in such areas. Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring check.

Applicants are informed that if appointed to this post their contract of employment will be with the Trust / Academy who is the employer, and not Rochdale Council.