Kitchen Porter

Avanti Schools Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS pension

O2 discounts

Specsavers vouchers

NUS CSSC membership

Well-being programs

Cycle-to-work

Job summary

Avanti Schools Trust is seeking a Kitchen Porter at Avanti Fields to support a busy school kitchen. You will help with cleaning, stock handling and meal packing, ensuring timely delivery of meals for students and staff.

The role involves following food safety procedures, assisting the catering team, and working in a welcoming school environment in Leicester. Training and safeguarding checks are part of the recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Good organizational skills and the ability to work well in a busy school kitchen.
• Ability to follow strict instructions in a systematic and reliable manner.
• Commitment to safeguarding and welfare of students.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across kitchen, prep and storage areas.
• Assist kitchen team with food preparation, meal packing and timely provision of meals.
• Receive, store and rotate deliveries with accurate stock control and waste management.
• Collaborate with the Chef Manager to ensure a smooth, high-quality catering service.

Skills

Organizational skills

Work unsupervised

Follow instructions

Safeguarding duties

Job description

Note: £12.71 per hour

About The Role

At Avanti's Catering, we believe food should nourish the body, mind and soul, creating positive experiences through wholesome, thoughtfully prepared vegetarian meals.

We’re seeking a dedicated Kitchen Porter to join Avanti Schools Trust Central Team at Avanti Fields, helping us deliver this vision through excellent kitchen support, high standards of hygiene and efficient service.

This is an opportunity to play an important behind-the-scenes role in creating a clean, organised and welcoming environment for our school community.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England. All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development, and spiritual insight.

What will you do?

• Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across all kitchen, food preparation, packing and storage areas, including moving equipment and furniture as required.
• Support the kitchen team with food preparation, meal packing and the timely provision of meals and refreshments for students, staff and hospitality events.
• Receive, handle, store and rotate deliveries and stock, ensuring accurate stock control and the correct management of waste and recycling.
• Work collaboratively with the Chef Manager and wider catering team to ensure the smooth, efficient and consistent delivery of a high-quality catering service.
• Follow all food safety, health and safety and hygiene procedures, including temperature controls and risk assessments, and promptly report any hazards, defects or near misses, while being physically able to undertake manual handling and heavy lifting.

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

• You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
• Great opportunities for professional development
• LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Good Organizational Skills
• The ability to work unsupervised in a busy environment
• Ability to follow strict instructions in a systematic and consistent manner
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.