Nursery Kitchen Assistant

Childbase Partnership Limited; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Work-life balance

Childcare savings

Wellbeing support

Career development

Job summary

Childbase Partnership Limited is seeking a Kitchen Assistant at Edwinstowe Day Nursery, Cambridge. You will prepare meals for up to 79 children daily, following a set menu with fresh ingredients and uphold high hygiene and safety standards.

Working 25 hours weekly, from Monday to Friday, you’ll support the Nursery Cook and step in during absence, ensuring dietary needs are met and promoting healthy eating across the team.

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing meals for children or in a professional kitchen.
• Knowledge of COSHH and hygiene requirements.
• Ability to manage allergens and safeguarding considerations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals for children according to set-menu and ingredients.
• Work with the Nursery Cook and take full responsibility in their absence.
• Maintain high hygiene standards and ensure safe handling of food.
• Support safeguarding and dietary needs of each child.
• Promote healthy eating in collaboration with nursery staff.

Skills

COSHH knowledge

Allergens awareness

Manual handling

Hygiene standards

Food preparation

Team collaboration

Job description

# Vacancies Nursery Kitchen Assistant## Job Introduction**Join Childbase Partnership and be part of something extraordinary.****Role:** Kitchen Assistant | Preparing meals for up to 79 children aged 6 weeks-5 years old. **Location:** Edwinstowe Day Nursery | Cambridge | CB2 7EB. **Contract:** Permanent | 25 hours/week\\* | 52 weeks/year. **Working pattern:** Monday-Friday 12:45-17:45\\* **Salary:** £13.45 per hour.\\*In the absence of the Cook, there is the opportunity to work additional hours, if this is of interest to you. The working pattern in this scenario is 08:30-17:00 (totalling 37.5 hours a week).We’ve been delivering childcare excellence since 1989. Within our 44-day nurseries, Head Office, and Training Academy, EduBase, our ethos is simple: we all belong, we all matter, and we all contribute. We believe in ‘*careers, not jobs’*, supporting one another to grow and succeed.**Why join us?*** **Generous annual leave**: 23 days paid leave per annum (pro-rata), rising to 28 days with length of service, plus paid bank holidays\\*\\*.* **Work-life balance:**Up to a further 20 paid days off each year through our *Partnership Reward Days* incentive; take your leave or sell the days you accrue, tax-free.* **Family childcare savings:** If you have children or grandchildren, there's the potential for you to benefit from generously discounted childcare at Childbase Partnership nurseries, with savings of up to 50% for parents, and 27% for grandparents, depending on your contracted hours.* **Exclusive partner benefits**: Long-service rewards, qualification bonuses and retail discounts.* **Wellbeing support:** Free meals, mental health and occupational health support, flu jabs, eye care vouchers and a free will-writing service.* **Career development**: Team inset days, access to online training and apprenticeships through our academy.**About us*** **We are employee-owned:** Every colleague is a partner with a voice, who helps drive our success; when we do well, we each receive an annual tax-free dividend.* **We are number 1:**Ranked top of the Nursery World league tables for our Ofsted outcomes.* **We are community driven**: Supporting causes close to our hearts, we’ve raised more than £3.5 million for charity.* **We are environmentally responsible**: Building a greener tomorrow our nurseries all hold Green Flag awards and are powered by 100% renewable energy.**About you*** **You are passionate about preparing wholesome, healthy meals:** You have professional catering experience, which includes experience of cooking in a professional capacity, which enables you to contribute towards the preparation of a range of meals from a set-menu, using fresh ingredients.* **You are diligent:** Your knowledge of COSHH, allergens and manual handling alongside your experience working in a professional kitchen environment will ensure you effectively contribute towards maintaining 5-star hygiene standards within the kitchen.* **You are an advocate for safeguarding:** You will ensure the well-being and dietary needs of every child are met.* **You are collaborative:**In partnership with the Nursery Cook, you will promote healthy eating, build respectful relationships with colleagues, children and parents and resume full responsibility for all food preparation and cooking tasks in the absence of the cook.We are an inclusive employer and we welcome applicants of all ages and backgrounds. We’re committed to FREDIE (*fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement)* and will consider any reasonable adjustments required. If you meet the essential criteria for this role, your application will be automatically shortlisted for review by our Recruitment Team who will determine if an interview is the next step.Applicants must currently reside within a commutable distance of the nursery and hold suitable Right to Work in the UK; VISA sponsorship is not available. Safer recruitment checks apply, which include an Enhanced DBS check.\\*\\*This nursery is open on the May bank holidays; if Monday is a standard working day for you, you will be required to work as normal on these dates. Paid time off will be awarded in lieu for you to take on another day.Apply+− OpenStreetMap contributors### Nursery Kitchen Assistant* **Salary** £26,227.50 per annum (pro-rata) | £13.45 per hour.* **Frequency** Annual* **Job Reference** 091126:KA/25hrs/12:45-17:45withOT/Edwi* **Contract Type** Part time, permanent* **Closing Date** No expiry date* **Job Category** Kitchen/Domestic* **Business Unit** Edwinstowe* **Location (a radius of up to 50 miles will apply)** Cambridge, United Kingdom* **Posted on** 9 November, 2026Apply