Catering Assistant

Rochdale Council; Heywood; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

GMPF membership

CPD for qualifications

Health benefits

Gym facilities

Wellbeing Café

Free parking

Job summary

Newhouse Academy in Heywood invites applications for a Catering Assistant to join our busy kitchen team. You will help provide nutritious meals to students and staff, ensuring hygiene and food safety standards are met.

This permanent, term-time role runs 10.00am–2.15pm, Monday to Friday (21.25 hours/week) with NJC scale Point 3 and an actual salary of £12,469 per year. Applicants are encouraged to visit and arrange an appointment via [e-mail].

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 encourage you to get in touch to arrange a visit to come and see our facilities and meet Our People. You can do this by emailing [e-mail].

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.