Mobile School Catering & Dining Assistant

Education Authority (Northern Ireland); Antrim; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Education Authority (Northern Ireland) is seeking a Mobile Catering Assistant to support daily catering operations in a school environment. You will assist with food prep, simple cooking, serving meals and maintaining dining areas to promote a hygienic service and pupil satisfaction.

The role involves coordinating with the central kitchen, setting up service points, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, with duties spanning prep, service, cleaning and administration.

Qualifications

• Basic food preparation tasks are part of daily duties.
• Ability to set up dining areas and service points.
• Willingness to comply with health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Basic preparation of food and beverages, including the preparation of vegetables and snacks using appropriate equipment.
• Simple cooking, including the reconstitution of prepared food.
• Organising and controlling food service points.
• Transferring and serving meals and snacks including transported meals.
• Assisting with the promotion of meals to pupils, parents and principal.
• Maintaining regular contact with the central kitchen, if applicable, with regard to all aspects of service delivery.
• Preparing the dining area: setting out dining room tables, chairs, benches and serving points as required by the meals service.
• Setting tables, laying out of cutlery, water jugs, etc.
• Completing general kitchen and dining room duties including washing up, clearing away equipment including tables, chairs and benches.
• Cleaning the kitchen/servery, dining room and equipment including floors and walls.
• Recording temperatures for control purposes as required.
• Securing premises as required.
• Completing duties as delegated in connection with service provision.
• Carry out all duties to comply with Acts of Parliament, Statutory Instruments and Regulations and other legal requirements; Codes of Practice
• Carry out all duties in the working conditions normally inherent in the particular job.
• Complete all necessary administration.
• Carry out duties for jobs up to and including those in the same grade, provided such duties are within the competence of the employee.
• Promote and adhere to the Values/ethos of the School.

Skills

Food service

Hygiene standards

Customer service

Tools

Food prep equipment

Job description

Education Authority (Northern Ireland) is seeking a Mobile Catering Assistant to support daily catering operations in a school environment. You will assist with food prep, simple cooking, serving meals and maintaining dining areas to promote a hygienic service and pupil satisfaction.

The role involves coordinating with the central kitchen, setting up service points, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, with duties spanning prep, service, cleaning and administration.