Catering Assistant

Dixons Academies Trust; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 9,000 - 9,500; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer funded cash health plan

Hybrid working arrangements

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Dixons Croxteth Academy in Liverpool is recruiting for a part-time Catering role. The position is 15 hours per week, with a salary of £9,257 per year (actual). The role is permanent with TTO terms and requires an enhanced DBS check.

The academy part of Dixons Academies Trust emphasises determination, integrity and trust, offering flexible working policies, on-site parking and a broad benefits package to support staff wellbeing and development.

Job description

Job reference REQ003790 Date posted 16/10/2026 Application closing date 02/11/2026 Location Dixons Croxteth Academy Salary DAT Level 1, SCP 13 (Actual Salary £9,257) Package Permanent, TTO. Contractual hours 15 Basis Part time Job category/type Catering Attachments Blank

Job description

Why choose Dixons Croxteth Academy?

• We believe that people, more than strategy, create value - we all belong and grow together
• Focus on feedback and professional growth
• Opportunities across our trust to develop and grow your career
• Supportive line management; one team focused on fairness
• Employer funded cash health plan to support wellbeing for all staff

The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of determination, integrity and trust and completely committed to our mission: to get students to and through university or a real alternative so that they can thrive in a top rewarding career and have a purposeful and happy life.

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Greater Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.

• We are values driven: we work hard on the things that matter, with humility; we are good and kind; we are motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose.
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years.
• We have launched a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back.
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive.
• We have an innovative approach to central operations which allows educators to focus on teaching and learning.
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching.
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload.
• We offer hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking.
• We have a wealth of benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (private health, lifestyle benefits and discounts).

Within our communities, we work together to establish joyful, rigorous, high performing schools which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every students to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.

Visit our OpenSource Youtube channel to learn more about our approaches and culture.

Learn more

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification .

Interviews will take place on 09 November 2026.

Please visit our careers site for more information about our trust, our roles and our benefits or call us on 0151 3326780 and speak to Patrick Morrison, Senior Catering Manager, to discuss the role further.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

We are focussed on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. You can read more about this here .

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.