Kitchen Assistant ASCP

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Nottingham City Council as a Kitchen Assistant, where you will provide high-quality catering services. This permanent role offers competitive pay and benefits while fostering an inclusive work culture. Ideal candidates should possess knowledge of food hygiene and safety legislation.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

Competitive pay

Great leave entitlement

Qualifications

• Knowledge of relevant legislation, including COSHH and Health and Safety.
• Understanding of food hygiene procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist cooks in providing high quality catering services.
• Basic food preparation, washing up, and cleaning.

Skills

Communication

Reliability

Organizational Skills

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 10 Hours a Week (Monday- Friday 11:45am - 13:45pm)

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £23,656 (Level one) rising to £24,404 (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location:Albany House Day Centre, Orby Close, Nottingham, NG3 2FP

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Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About the Role

Kitchen Assistants are primarily responsible for assisting cooks in providing high quality, culturally appropriate catering services to meet the needs of citizens. This will involve basic food preparation, washing up, cleaning and, where appropriate, packaging of food with due regard to safety and food hygiene legislation.

The successful candidates should be reliable, hardworking and organised, with good communication skills and the ability to follow instructions precisely.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge of relevant legislation, including COSHH and Health and Safety;
• Understanding of food hygiene procedures;
• Able to support teams across Nottingham City Council Adult Provision sites as and when required;
• Ability to work on own initiative and to ask for help when required

-A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

Please note that this role does not meet the relevant salary threshold criteria for Skilled Visa sponsorship, and therefore applicants requiring sponsorship are unable to apply.

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact April Hamlin, by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 1st June 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:TBC

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