Catering Assistant - St Ninian's High School - ERN06648

East Renfrewshire Council; Newton Mearns; In loco; GBP 7900 - 8000; Part-time

Descrizione del lavoro

East Renfrewshire Council’s Education department requires a Catering Assistant at Mearns Primary School for term-time (39 weeks) on a part-time basis. The role covers basic food prep, simple cooking, serving customers, cash handling, washing up, and maintaining a clean kitchen and dining area.

The schedule is 12.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 2.5 hours per day. Training is provided; prior catering experience is preferred but not essential.

Competenze

• Basic preparation of food and beverages.
• Simple cooking and general kitchen duties.
• Experience preferred but training provided.

Mansioni

• Basic preparation of food and beverages and simple cooking.
• Serving customers and handling cash.
• Cleaning of the kitchen, surrounds and equipment.
• Setting up and clearing away tables and equipment.

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Details

DEPARTMENT: Education

JOB TITLE: Catering Assistant

JOB STATUS: Part Time / Term Time - 39 Weeks

DURATION: Permanent

NUMBER OF VACANCIES: 1

GRADE: 2

TERM TIME HOURLY RATE: £12.0923 - £12.2816

PRO RATA ANNUAL SALARY: £7,881 - £8,004

HOURS PER WEEK: 12.5

WORK PATTERN: Monday - Friday 2.5 hours per day

LOCATION: Mearns Primary School

Advert Text

You will undertake basic preparation of food and beverages, simple cooking, general kitchen and dining room duties, including serving customers, cash handling, washing up, setting up and clearing away equipment and tables and cleaning of the kitchen, its surrounds and equipment.

You should preferably have catering/kitchen experience, although training will be provided.

On completion of additional years of service by 1 January of each year, following the anniversary of the date of appointment, your term time salary will be adjusted to include a payment in lieu of the additional leave day accrued at the beginning of each leave year for the first 10 years of service.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

Recruitment Dates

Closing date for applications: midnight on Sunday 08 November 2026

Shortleet date: 10 November 2026

Interview date: 16 November 2026

(No agencies please)

Additional Information

For details of our employment policies and terms and conditions, please visit our Council Careers page

Please note - all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here:

Please note - East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

References - during your application form completion you must provide details of a minimum of 2 referees, 1 of which should be your most recent or current employer. It is also a requirement that the referees are your previous/current managers and are not the details of work colleagues operating at the same level as you or personal referees. Please note only work email addresses for referees will be accepted. Please contact hrdirect@ with any questions.

Employability Support - Work East Ren - For further support on completing job applications, East Renfrewshire residents can access free support from our employability team Work East Ren. They can also provide general support with other employability matters. Please contact Work East Ren on 0141 577 8438, email worker@ or visit the website

Use of AI in applications - Please fill out the application using your own words, based on your own experiences. We value authenticity and are genuinely interested in reading candidates' personally written applications. We therefore ask that candidates do not use AI tools to complete recruitment application forms. Where an application appears to have been AI generated it may result in your application not being considered.