Catering Assistant

Nene Education Trust, Wellingborough, NN9 6PA

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  4 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413.00 Annually (FTE)

Catering Assistant job summary

Hours: 25 per week

Weeks per year: 38

About Us:

Nene Education Trust comprises of 8 unique and wonderful schools located in East Northamptonshire and Wellingborough. We are proud of our schools, students, staff, and the communities they serve.

Nene Education Trust is looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to support the catering team during lunch times.

This will be at one of the below locations,

• Manor School

• Raunds Park Infant School

• St Peters C of E Academy

• Woodford C of E Primary School

• Stanwick Primary School

• Windmill Primary School 

• Newton Road School

The Role:

• To assist in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals in catering outlets across the Trust.

• To work as part of a team to ensure the highest standards of hygiene, cleanliness and food safety across all catering outlets.

Key Tasks:

• Assist in the preparation and presentation of a range of foods.

• Prepare all food items within agreed cooking specifications, methods and portion control.

• Implement and maintain the Trust’s food standards, and work with the Catering Manager to improve where possible.

• Prepare the dining areas for the delivery lunch service to students and staff as required.

• Assemble and serve food to all customers to high levels of customer service: efficient, professional and courteous.

• Clear dirty crockery and cutlery, operate the dishwasher (hand wash where applicable/necessary) and store clean crockery and cutlery ready to be used again.

• Assist with tidying and cleaning serving counters after service; storing food safely and disposing of waste and leftovers in accordance with recognised hygiene practices.

• Undertake routine and daily cleaning duties to include general cleaning of front of house and dining areas, tables and chairs, kitchens and equipment to ensure a clean and hygienically safe catering environment.

• Undertake thorough and deep cleaning of kitchen equipment as requested.

About You:

• The post holder should have a basic secondary education and hold maths and English qualifications to GCSE/O level standard or equivalent

• Prior experience of working in a catering environment

• Knowledge and understanding of food hygiene procedures

• Ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Resilient and the ability to remain calm under pressure

• A professional and flexible approach to work

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts and technology schemes.

• Access to Cycle to Work

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matte

• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional

• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged.

• Discounted gym membership

• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work

• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and process

 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks.

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

 *Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated*

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.

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 Nene Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Nene Education Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nene-education-trust

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