Catering Assistant

Link Academy Trust, Nr Ashburton, TQ13 7LY

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  21 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £13.92 Hourly Term Time Only

Catering Assistant job summary

Catering Assistant

30hrs per week, 5 days a week, 39 weeks per year. NJC Grade C Point 6 @ £13.92 per hour

We are looking to recruit a ‘floating’ role that will provide additional cover across our academies* wherever the need is required, e.g. to cover staff absences.

You will work alongside our existing catering team assisting in providing high quality meals for children, staff, visitors and events at our busy school. You will need to have an appreciation for the challenges of working in a busy kitchen and be willing to carry out a variety of roles, including food preparation, storage of food stuff, washing up as well as other activities that may change on a day-to-day basis.

The successful applicant will need to have a full driving licence with Occasional Business Use insurance cover and be extremely flexible and willing to travel to any academy within the Trust at short notice. The period of cover will differ each time and may at times be just a single day or a number of weeks. You may also be asked to cover a Kitchen Manager role at times, so experience of stock ordering and time management is an advantage.

*This particular role will mainly cover the southern group of schools around the Totnes and Newton Abbot area. Please see the home page of our Trust website for locations. In an emergency, you may be asked to provide cover at a school further away and a claim for mileage may be considered in those circumstances.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Preparation and serving of meals as required to include main meal, desert and drinks to pupils and staff
• Assist with the laying up of table and serving counters and then clearing, cleaning and tidying following lunchtime period
• To comply with all aspects of Health & safety and Food Hygiene Act.
• Temperature testing of food
• Clearing up and removal of waste food, packaging and other waste generated by the kitchen and its activities
• Furniture moving in dining area as required

Ideally, you will:

- Have previous experience in a similar role in a school or commercial environment;

- Have Food Hygiene L3 or L2 certificate

- Be able to build good relationships with children and staff and be a friendly and positive presence in our school;

- Be willing to work as part of a team and have a good sense of humour;

- Be able to use your own initiative when required;

- Be able to work under pressure with tight deadlines

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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.

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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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Link Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
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