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  • Start date details

    November 2024

  • Closing date

    14 October 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    30 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 - £11.59 Hourly Band A Salary Scale

Catering Assistant job summary

Start Date: November 2024

Salary: Band A: £11.59 hour, plus holiday pay

Contract: Permanent, term time plus all inset days - 39 weeks per year

Working Hours: Monday to Friday – 20 hours per week

AMAT Catering Services is part of Arden Multi Academy trust, a group of schools providing excellent education to children and young people within Solihull and the local area. Our Catering team are proud of delivering delicious, healthy school meals using locally sourced, high-quality ingredients to pupils within all our schools. We are delighted to be able offer the following role within the Trust.

The postholders will assist with the preparation and serving of meals, refreshments and other catering services. If you, therefore, have an interest in food and are enthusiastic, self-motivated, able to assist in the preparation and serving of meals to students and staff and would like to join a team with the same commitment we would love to hear from you.

We currently have a permanent vacancy at the following school, Monday to Friday. Although this is a part time job, applicants must be able to work Monday to Friday.

Working hours are 9:30am to 2:00pm (4 hours per day, including 30 min unpaid break, lunch provided).

The key responsibilities for this post are as follows (a comprehensive job description and person specification are available):

  • Preparation and some cooking of food
  • Preparing the dining area for service, placing out and putting away of dining room tables, chairs and utensils as required
  • Preparing the counter for service
  • Transporting food between service points, serving meals
  • Operating the till systems
  • Excellent customer service skills

In return we can offer you:

  • An excellent Local Government Pension scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free Uniform
  • A school environment where enthusiastic students enjoy learning and engage positively in all aspects of school life
  • Access to high quality continuing professional development and the opportunity for personal growth and development

Arden Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

Further information about Arden Multi Academy Trust is available here:

https://www.ardenmat.org.uk/

Further information about Arden Academy is available here:

https://www.arden.solihull.sch.uk/

Commitment to safeguarding

Arden Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

Applying for the job

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About Arden

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1820 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Arden is a truly exceptional school at the heart of the community and the peak of academic excellence. Situated just minutes off Junction 5 of the M42 and only 3 miles from the town of Solihull, visitors are astounded by our confident and articulate students. Our recent Ofsted report spoke about the culture of ‘exceptionally high aspirations that permeate the school’ and ‘the positive relationships between staff and pupils’ where ‘teachers teach individuals, not classes’. As an innovative school always striving for better there is a constant drive to achieve maximum personal and academic potential and as part of a Multi Academy Trust there is the opportunity for exceptional training and the sharing of knowledge and ideas.

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