Kitchen Porter

Teaching Vacancies; Lewes; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Up to 26 days leave + bank holidays (p

LGPS pension scheme

Comprehensive CPD

TOTUM card

Employee Assistance Programme

Free onsite parking

Wine discounts

Staff discounts on Plumpton courses

Eye tests

Cycle to work scheme

Onsite gym

Job summary

Plumpton College is seeking a proactive kitchen assistant to support food service and preparation, ensuring smooth operations within the college’s kitchen. You will maintain high hygiene standards and interact courteously with students, staff and visitors.

The role requires flexibility, including some evenings and weekends, and training in food hygiene. Plumpton College offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Proactive and professional approach to work.
• Ability to work flexibly including some evenings and weekends.
• Commitment to high food hygiene standards and respectful interactions.

Responsibilities

• Assist with food service and preparation, ensuring smooth kitchen operations.
• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchen, including washing pots, pans and plates.
• Comply with food hygiene standards, ensuring appropriate clothing and footwear.
• Support functions requiring catering outside regular working hours.
• Undergo food hygiene and handling training as needed.
• Ensure courteous interactions with students, staff and visitors.

Skills

Food service

Food hygiene

Teamwork

Customer service

Flexibility

Job description

Key responsibilities

• Assist with food service and preparation, ensuring smooth kitchen operations.
• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchen, including washing pots, pans, and plates.
• Comply with food hygiene standards, ensuring appropriate clothing and footwear.
• Support functions requiring catering outside regular working hours.
• Undergo food hygiene and handling training as needed.
• Ensure courteous interactions with students, staff, and visitors.

About you

• You are proactive, professional, and able to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends.
• You have a positive attitude and can maintain cleanliness and order in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• A commitment to maintaining high food hygiene standards and treating everyone with respect is essential.

What the college offers its staff

• competitive salary
• up to 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), and up to 5 efficiency days at Christmas
• membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• comprehensive CPD
• TOTUM card
• Employee Assistance Programme
• free onsite parking
• discounted Plumpton wine
• staff discounts on Plumpton courses
• free eye tests
• cycle to work scheme
• free use of the onsite gym

With over 3,000 students, excellent resources, and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.

Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis.

Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.