Catering Assistant

Dixons Academies Trust; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Private health

Lifestyle benefits and discounts

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts

Job summary

Dixons Academies Trust is seeking an exceptional Catering Assistant to join the Business Services team and help deliver high‑quality meal services across our sites, including Manchester.

The role is part-time (27.5 hours a week) with a fixed schedule 9:00am to 3:00pm, Monday to Friday, and includes an enhanced DBS check for safeguarding compliance. Prior catering experience is preferred, and we value a reliable, team‑oriented approach.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar catering role.

Responsibilities

• Support the catering team with daily service and food preparation.
• Maintain kitchen hygiene and stock as required.

Skills

Experience in catering

Job description

Job reference REQ003682 Date posted 10/09/2026 Application closing date 27/09/2026 Location Dixons Trinity Chapeltown Salary DAT Level 1, SCP13 (Actual salary £16,963) Package Permanent, TTO, Monday - Friday 9.00am - 3.00pm with 30 mins unpaid break each day Contractual hours 27.5 Basis Part time Job category/type Catering Attachments Blank

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Catering Assistant to join our multi‑academy trust (MAT) and support our Business Services team through the next phase of growth in Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience in a similar role
• Have a strong moral purpose and drive for improvement

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

• 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 06 October 2026.

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.