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Catering Assistant

Ivanhoe School, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 1HX

This job expired on 14 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 15 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £8,404.42

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications

Desirable

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Experience/skills

Previous large scale cooking experience.

Operating commercial catering equipment.

Reasonable level of numeracy and literacy skills.

Experience of cooking in a school environment.

Basic knowledge of Food Safety/Health and Safety and Allergens.

General knowledge of nutrition.

Qualities

Essential

Willingness to undertake training as required.

Good rapport with Children and Young People.

Ability to work as a member of a team.

Must have a mature attitude and be reliable.

Desirable

Sensitivity to the needs of colleagues and customers.

Must be able to communicate with staff, parents, other customers and colleagues

General

Essential

A flexible approach to working, including out-of-hours, and an ability and willingness to travel to various locations

An understanding of, and commitment to, Equal Opportunities, and the ability to apply this to work and day-to-day situations

What the school offers its staff

• Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
• Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional commitment to activity beyond the school gate
• The relentless pursuit of excellence by;expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating elite performance inside school and in the wider world
• Valuing and promoting the celebration and understanding of diversity and qualities of our staff and students
• Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported
• Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies
• Ensuring our curricula are agents for the promotion of our values

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Catering Assistant - Recruitment Pack - March 2025.pdf - 914 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ivanhoe School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 799 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ivanhoe School website
• Email address: pnewman@lifemultiacademytrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ivanhoe-college

At Ivanhoe School, our students come first. We recognise their different needs and work hard with them to develop their abilities and talents. We value the unique contribution of each student and want them to achieve their full potential.

Highly qualified teachers and support staff provide an excellent, caring environment in which students can learn and flourish safely. Our aspirations, expectations and commitment are relentlessly high for all members of the school community.

Ivanhoe School became Members of the LiFE Multi Academy Trust in July 2021. Ivanhoe School works closely with local LIFE MAT schools: Ashby School and Ibstock Community College as part of the 'National Forest Hub.'

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