Caterlink - Catering Assistant - Runcorn

Caterlink Ltd; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 8,900 - 9,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blended learning programme

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme

Job summary

Caterlink in Runcorn is hiring a Catering Assistant to support food production and service for students. This role is 20 hours per week during term time (39 weeks) with no weekend work and a pay rate of £11.44 per hour.

You will join a friendly, hardworking team committed to high food safety and great customer service. The role includes responsibilities such as food preparation, serving meals, and maintaining hygienic kitchen and dining areas, with future training opportunities and DBS checks as

Qualifications

• Friendly, hard-working and approachable team member.
• Passion for delivering nutritionally balanced meals.
• Willingness to complete food safety training.

Responsibilities

• Preparing food and snacks for students.
• Serving food to our students in the restaurant.
• Maintaining cleanliness in kitchen and dining areas.
• Completing food safety training and compliance.
• We operate term-time only with no weekends, offering flexible hours.

Skills

Food service

Food preparation

Customer service

Job description

Caterlink - Catering Assistant - Runcorn

Employer

Caterlink

Location

Runcorn, Cheshire

Salary

£11.44 Per Hour

Closing date

12 Nov 2026

Sector

• Restaurant, Catering & Hospitality jobs


• Catering Assistant


• Waiting Staff


• Retail jobs


• Retail Assistant

Job Type

• Full Time


• Part Time

Job Details

Caterlink - Catering Assistant - Runcorn

Company 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

20 hours per week (Term time only - 39 weeks)

11.44p/h

We are looking for a Catering Assistant who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We are looking for a friendly, hard-working and approachable team member to perform a variety of food productions tasks along with food service.

Tasks will include preparing food and snacks, ensuring the kitchen and restaurant areas are clean and tidy, serving food to our students and completing food safety training. You should be passionate about delivering an efficient service to our students whilst ensuring we maintain great customer service and high food safety standards.

With Caterlink you will have an excellent work/life balance - working term-time only and no weekends so this role is great for those looking for flexibility.

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.

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.

Additional Information

• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to 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. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.


• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work/life balance - this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!


• 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!


• Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time


• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme

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