School Catering Assistant - Temporary / Ad Hoc

Local Education; Wickford; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Local Education is expanding its school support division and is seeking reliable Catering Assistants and Kitchen Assistants to join our temporary staffing team across Essex. Assignments range from single-day sickness cover to several weeks or longer, offering flexible daytime work without committing to a permanent position.

Typical duties include supporting food preparation, serving pupils and staff, setting up dining areas, washing kitchen equipment, and maintaining clean kitchen and service

Qualifications

• Experience in school catering is useful but not essential.
• Reliable and flexible to work across Essex schools.
• Willing to adapt to varying shifts and duties.

Responsibilities

• Supporting food preparation
• Serving pupils and staff
• Setting up dining areas
• Washing kitchen equipment and utensils
• Maintaining clean kitchen and service areas
• Supporting cooks and catering managers
• Following food hygiene and health & safety procedures
• Helping wherever required during busy service periods

Skills

Reliable

Flexible hours

Catering experience

Job description

Looking for flexible daytime work within local schools?

Local Education is expanding its school support division and is looking for reliable Catering Assistants and Kitchen Assistants to join our temporary staffing team across Essex.

We work directly with schools, academies, trusts and specialist education settings, and demand for reliable catering staff is growing.

Assignments can range from single-day sickness cover through to several weeks or longer, making this ideal if you want flexible work without committing to a permanent position.

Typical duties include:

• Supporting food preparation
• Serving pupils and staff
• Setting up dining areas
• Washing kitchen equipment and utensils
• Maintaining clean kitchen and service areas
• Supporting cooks and catering managers
• Following food hygiene and health & safety procedures
• Helping wherever required during busy service periods

We would particularly like to hear from people with experience in:

• School or college catering
• Restaurants
• Hotels
• Care homes
• Hospitals
• Contract catering
• Commercial kitchens
• Hospitality

Previous school experience is useful, but not essential. If you have catering experience, are reliable and have the right attitude, we would still like to hear from you.

Why work with Local Education?

Local Education is an independent Essex-based education recruitment agency supporting schools across Essex, Suffolk and East London.

We offer:

• Flexible local assignments
• Opportunities that fit around school hours
• Short-term and longer-term work
• A straightforward compliance process
• Support from a small local team who actually know the schools we work with
• Access to opportunities across mainstream, specialist and alternative education settings
• In-house safeguarding and school-specific training where appropriate

An Enhanced DBS is advantageous, although we can explain the compliance requirements to suitable applicants.