Relief Catering Assistant

Spencer Academies Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Spencer Academies Trust seeks a reliable Relief Catering Assistant to join their team at St Giles Spencer Academy in Derby. This part-time, zero-hour contract position involves food preparation and service to students, with a focus on inclusivity and support for special educational needs.

Benefits

Generous Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective team member with a calm approach to working with pupils.
• Experience in catering is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide cover at St Giles Spencer Academy and other local schools.
• Prepare and serve food to pupils.
• Support students with special educational needs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Creativity

Education

Experience in catering

Knowledge of special educational needs

Job description

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Location: Derby, UK

Salary: £12.26 per hour

Education Phase: Primary

Working Pattern: Part-Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Application Deadline: Sunday, 15th June 2025

Interview Date: TBC

About Us

St Giles Spencer Academy is an Outstanding Primary Special Academy in Derby City. We are a warm, friendly and inclusive academy which meets the needs of pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities.

St Giles Spencer Academy | The Spencer Academies Trust is looking to appoint a reliable Relief Catering Assistant to start as soon as possible on a zero-hour contract. Main duties will include providing cover at St Giles Spencer Academy but also at other local schools within the trust, preparation, presentation and service of food to pupils. You must be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, be an effective team member and be calm and creative in your approach to working with pupils with additional needs.

You can view our recruitment brochure and video by visiting our school website: https://stgilesspencer.org.uk/Vacancies/.

If you would like to visit St Giles Spencer Academy before the closing date, please contact the school via 01332 343039 or [e-mail].

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged.

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18,000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2800 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and 1 primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe

All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.

Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.

We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact the school via [e-mail] or by calling 01332 343039.

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted.

Closing date for applications: Sunday 15 June 2025, 5pm

Interviews will take place on: TBC

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’. Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application.

If you want to apply directly for this role and not save your data for any future vacancies, you can click on the ‘Apply Now’ button at the bottom of this page.

We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visit https://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer

Job Description

See attached Job Description & Person Specification.

Benefits

Generous Local Government Pension Scheme, Employee Assist Programme (Health Assured) and BHN Extras (Discount & Salary Sacrifice Schemes). Recognition of Local Government and academy continuous service. For full details, please visit https://www.spencertrust.org.uk/employee-benefits.

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