Caterlink - Catering Assistant

Cater Link Limited; Chichester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player in education catering is seeking a Catering Assistant for Chichester High School. This role offers a flexible schedule, working term-time only, with no weekends required. You will be responsible for food preparation, ensuring health and safety standards, and providing excellent customer service. Join a supportive team that values diversity and inclusion, and enjoy benefits such as access to wellbeing services, employee discounts, and opportunities for professional development. If you're passionate about food and service, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services

Pension Scheme

Blended Learning Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering environment is beneficial but not required.
• Full training will be provided to ensure success in the role.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing food and snacks for students and staff.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in kitchen and service areas.
• Provide friendly and efficient service to all customers.

Skills

Food Preparation

Customer Service

Health and Safety Compliance

Education

Experience in Catering

Job description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are hiring for a Catering Assistant at Chichester High School, Chichester to perform a variety of food production tasks along with food service in our schools. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility.

The role:

• £12.21 per hour
• 25 hours per week working Monday – Friday
• Term-time only – working 38 weeks per year

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of tasty food and snacks
• Complying with Caterlink Health and Safety and Food Safety standards and procedures
• Keeping the kitchen, counter and restaurant areas in a clean and tidy state
• Providing a friendly, efficient and hygienic service to all customers
• Representing Caterlink and maintaining a positive brand image

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Qualifications

Experience would be an advantage; however, qualifications are not essential as full training will be given.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• You have the opportunity of a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on-the-job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be.
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• You will have full access to our Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits which are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time.
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme.