Kitchen Assistant Welbeck Primary School 13.75 hours per week, term time only

Golearnleicestershire; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a Dining Room Assistant to support the school meals operation at Welbeck Primary School in Nottingham. The role involves receiving, checking and serving meals, and maintaining dining room cleanliness, with DBS enhanced checks required for regulated activity.

Ideal candidates will have customer care awareness, basic hygiene knowledge and numeracy skills, plus the ability to work independently or as part of a team. DBS check is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of good customer care practice.
• Awareness of basic hygiene principles.
• Basic numeracy skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• As a Dining Room Assistant your main duties will be to assist the existing team with receiving, checking and serving of school meals and maintaining the cleanliness of the dining room and all equipment used.

Skills

Customer care

Hygiene awareness

Numeracy

Teamwork/ Initiative

Education

DBS check

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours:13.75 hours per week, Monday - Friday, term time only 11:00am - 1:45pm

Worker Type: On-site worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £25,614 - £26,016 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location:Welbeck Primary School, Kinglake Place, Meadows, Nottingham, NG2 1NT

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay 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

As a Dining Room Assistant your main duties will be to assist the existing team with recieving, checking and serving of school meals and maintaining the cleanliness of the dining room and all equipment used.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge of good customer care practice.
• Awareness of basic hygiene principles.
• Basic numeracy skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative.

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

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 enquiries,please contact Nottingham Catering, by telephone on 0115 8765432 or by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: Friday 2nd October 2026

Interviews will be held:TBC