Kitchen Assistant

EDSENTIAL COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY; Widnes; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused catering provider in Widnes is looking for a Catering Assistant to support the Catering Supervisor at Ashley High School. The role involves food preparation, kitchen maintenance, and customer service, ensuring high standards and a positive dining experience for students. Full training will be provided, making this an excellent opportunity for those passionate about customer service. The position offers competitive pay, personal development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive monthly pay

Retail and leisure discounts

Health and wellbeing support

Uniform and safety shoes

Local government pension scheme

Ongoing training and development

Opportunities for promotion

Qualifications

• Passion for customer service and understanding of basic health and safety requirements.
• Previous experience in a school kitchen is advantageous but not essential.
• Ability to build relationships and promote a positive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food provision including preparation, cooking, and serving meals.
• Prepare dining areas and service counter.
• Clean dining, kitchen, and staff facilities.
• Operate tills and adhere to IT procedures.
• Follow food safety legislation to maintain a safe environment.
• Market the service and maintain relationships with customers.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

If successful, you will be supporting the Catering Supervisor at Ashley High School. You'll be representing both Edsential and our customer's school to ensure that all pupils have the best quality food standards and customer experience.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties:

• Assist with the provision of food including preparation, cooking and serving meals, portion control, special diets, allergens and intolerances (where advised).
• Preparation of the dining areas and service counter.
• Cleaning of dining, kitchen and staff facilities.
• Operate tills (where appropriate), adhere to existing IT working practices and procedures and undertake relevant training and development activities.
• Follow safe systems of work, maintain appropriate levels of hygiene and safeguarding in accordance with Edsential's policies, The Code of Practice and Food Safety Legislation to maintain a safe environment.
• Actively market the service to promote and maintain good relationships with all customers. This may require catering outside the current contracted hours, to include new intake events, parents evening and hospitality catering.

Qualifications

Do you have a passion for customer service and an understanding of basic health and safety requirements? If so, this role is for you! Previous experience of working in a school kitchen would be advantageous but not essential as full training will be provided.

• Ability to build relationships and promote a positive work environment.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a busy customer facing role.
• Ability to take direction.
• Ability to prioritise.
• Flexible to work within other Edsential units as required, Disability Confident.

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Benefits

• Competitive monthly pay.
• Access to benefits including retail and leisure discounts, Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Support to prioritise your health and wellbeing with dedicated 24/7 wellbeing programmes and a wellbeing team.
• Uniform and safety shoes.
• Secure Future retirement income through the local government pension scheme.
• A friendly and supportive team.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Opportunities for promotion.

Training & Support

We take pride in training and inducting our employees, so everyone has the skills they require to successfully carry out their role. In return, we want your commitment to work hard and to make a big difference!

Vetting

Edsential regard safeguarding with the highest priority. Applicants for posts will be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant checks and enhanced DBS.

Closing Information

Please note for all catering and cleaning vacancies the jobs will be closed once a suitable applicant has been interviewed.