Gateway Academy: Catering Assistant

The Gateway Academy, Grays, Essex, RM16 4LU

20 days remaining to apply

Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
14 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 February 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: 23966.00 - 24065.00

Gateway Academy: Catering Assistant job summary

Catering Assistant

Salary GLC Point 10 £23,966 - Point 11 £24,065 FTE [Actual Pro Rata Salary: £11,111 - £11,156

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Part time, 20 hours per week, Term time only.

Closing Date: 14th March 2025 at Midday

The Gateway Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary in the borough of Thurrock, to the east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we celebrate differences and pledge that everyone enjoys equality of opportunity and is not discriminated against in any way.

At The Gateway Academy we are passionate about learning. Our highest priority is to provide an environment to our students that excites, motivates and challenges them and encourages lifelong learning and an interest in the world around them.

We are looking to recruit a flexible, enthusiastic and hardworking person to join our team as a part time catering assistant.

We would like to hear from you if you have a positive 'can do' attitude, are able to work flexibly as part of a team and have a desire to learn and achieve excellent hygiene and health & safety standards. The main duties of the post are to load hot trolleys and take them to our on-site primary school; set up the dinner hall; help with food preparation and the service of meals to pupils and staff; and to play a major part in clearing up the dinner hall and kitchen during and after service.

Watch our video for an insight into our academy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDFOVP3_K7w

You can read our latest Ofsted Report here:https://www.theglc.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Reports&pid=21

Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:

Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkbox and Westfield Health Insurance

Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to work Scheme

3 hours of planning, preparation and assessment time [Primary]

No expectations for teachers to lead after school clubs [Primary]

Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkbox and multiple discounts

Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service

State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning

A paid 'My Day' each year

Excellent career development and training

2-week October half term break

A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching

Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs

Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff

Free Access to the Gateway Academy fitness suite

GLC Staff Nursery [Competitive rates and term time only]

We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to visit our school prior to making an application. Please contact Dionne.Locke@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.

If you would like to apply for this position, please complete an online application

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.