Catering Assistant

The King's Academy; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined benefit pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Free parking

Benefits Hub access

Family friendly policies

Job summary

The King's Academy is recruiting for a member of our catering team to support daily school life, delivering hundreds of healthy meals to students, staff and visitors. The successful candidate will join a friendly team, uphold high standards and contribute to events within the academic year.

We offer a range of staff benefits and a supportive environment with opportunities for development as part of our catering operation.

Qualifications

• Catering experience in a high quality, customer-focused environment.
• Strong work ethic with high personal standards and attention to detail.
• Able to work as part of a team to deliver the team's objectives with good interpersonal skills.
• Positive attitude and openness to change leading to improvement.
• Physical capability to cope with the demands of the role.

Skills

Catering experience

Team player

Attention to detail

Tools

Food safety standards

Job description

The King's Academy's kitchen is at the heart of daily school life, with our catering team producing hundreds of healthy, nutritious meals for students, staff and visitors every day, and catering for special events within the academic year. We now have the opportunity to recruit a new member of staff to our catering team to help us deliver an even better service to the students and staff.

• has catering experience in a high quality, customer focused environment;
• has a strong work ethic, high personal work standards and an attention to detail;
• is able to work supportively as a member of a team in order to deliver the team's objectives, with good interpersonal skills;
• has a positive attitude and embraces change leading to improvement;
• can cope with the physical demands of the role.

We have high expectations for our students as they grow and develop and all our staff provide important role models to them in terms of positive attitude, work ethic and diligence.

Join us and in addition to working with committed and helpful colleagues, the Trust can offer access to the following benefits:

• Defined benefit pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free parking
• Access to our exclusive Benefits Hub
• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practices that support you in and beyond the workplace
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave and paternity leave (dependent on length of service)
• Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 25 days, plus bank 8 holidays per annum, pro-rated for part-time post-holders)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)