Food Technician

Teaching Vacancies; Cheadle; Presencial; GBP 20.000 - 25.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Kingsway School, part of Education Learning Trust, is seeking a proactive and organised technician to support the Food Preparation & Nutrition department. The role involves planning departmental resources and preparing for the effective delivery of practical lessons, working closely with teaching staff to ensure a high standard of safety and hygiene.

You will coordinate resources and liaise with colleagues and external suppliers to provide the necessary resources for the curriculum,

Formación

• Proactive, organised and reliable technician.
• Plans departmental resources and prepares for practical lessons.
• Coordinates resources and liaises with colleagues and external suppliers.

Responsabilidades

• Plan departmental resources for Food Preparation & Nutrition.
• Prepare for effective delivery of practical lessons.
• Coordinate and organise resources to ensure safety and hygiene.
• Liaise with staff and external suppliers for required resources.

Descripción del empleo

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Kingsway School is looking to recruit a proactive, organised and reliable technician to contribute to the smooth running of the Food Preparation & Nutrition department, specifically with planning departmental resources and preparing for the effective delivery of practical lessons. The successful candiate will work closely with the teaching staff and contribute to the department by organising and coordinating resources to ensure a high standard of safety and hygiene. They will liaise with colleagues and external suppliers to provide the resources needed for the delivery of the curriculum.

What the school offers its staff

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities. As a valued member of our Trust, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package. This includes a highly competitive salary, a respected and generous pension scheme, and outstanding opportunities for career progression and professional development. We are also committed to supporting your health and wellbeing, offering Education Learning Trust. Registered address: Hawthorn Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4NB. A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number: 09142319) 2026 Recruitment Advert access to our award-winning employee assistance programme and a wide range of employee benefits and discounts. Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

• exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
• school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
• opportunities for professional development and leadership
• a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
• innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offend ers-act-1974.’ We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process. We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

Commitment to safeguarding

ELT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.