9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    7 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    16 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£11.59 - £11.98 Hourly Plus £1.40 to £1.45 per hour holiday allowance

Casual Catering Assistant job summary

We are seeking to appoint an organised Casual Catering Assistant who will work well as part of a team and truly want the best for our students. If you enjoy working with young people and would like to help them prepare for their future working lives, we would like to hear from you.

Casual Catering Assistant

NJC Scale Point: 2 - 4

Actual salary: £11.59 - £11.98 per hour, plus £1.40 to £1.45 per hour holiday allowance

Contract: Casual, Term Time Only

We are seeking to appoint an individual to assist with the basic preparation of food which may include some cooking. The successful candidate will also assist with setting up the servery counters for lunch, as well as general cleaning of the kitchen and associated areas. The selected candidate will join as a Casual Catering Assistant, with a view to providing cover to all 3 academies on an ad hoc basis.

To succeed, you will have good timekeeping and the ability to work as part of a team and independently. You will have excellent communication, organisational and customer care skills, the ability to operate IT equipment e.g. tills, is essential. We are keen to secure a positive Casual Catering Assistant who can make a telling contribution to our team. The department is part of a well led, mutually supportive Catering team and the appointed candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and will be supported by a Catering Manager and a strong SLT.

Why choose our Academies? We have a key focus on staff well-being, with a number of initiatives in place across the academies. If you want to inspire, aspire and achieve, come and join something special and make your mark.

In return, you can expect comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

Beck Row Primary Academy, Great Heath Academy and Iceni Academy Hockwold, are all sponsored by Academy Transformation Trust, whose mission is to transform learning, aspirations and opportunities for their pupils and the communities in which they live. This commitment also extends to staff who are key to their success.

To learn more and apply online, please see our application pack for more information and visit our careers page.

Closing date for applications: Monday 7th October 2024 at 9am or sooner should we receive sufficient applications.

Interview date: To be confirmed.

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2023. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

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About Beck Row Primary Academy

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
251 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11

Beck Row Primary Academy is in the growing village of Beck Row, just a couple of miles from the market town of Mildenhall and opposite RAF Mildenhall base. Over recent years, we have expanded through Suffolk’s School Re-organisation process from a small First school to a growing Primary school and we currently have about 250 pupils on roll. We are proud to be part of Academy Transformation Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) with academies locally and in other areas of the UK.

We aim to inspire all our pupils to achieve well and enjoy learning, with an exciting and enriching topic-based curriculum.

Our values of thoughtfulness, co-operation, morality and respect are lived by us all in myriad ways each day as the Beck Row family, preparing our pupils for life as active citizens in Modern Britain. We support each other in times of need and celebrate success together.

‘As one pupil commented, ‘At Beck Row, everyone is part of a family.” (Ofsted 2020)

Parents and visitors are always welcome to come and see us in action. If you are considering sending your child to Beck Row Primary Academy, please do come and visit to get a feel for what we can offer.

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