Catering Assistant
Thomas Rotherham College, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 2BE50 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
19 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
30 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week, Monday - Friday 8am-2:30pm, 190 days per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Band C4 Fixed (FTE £26,171.00), actual salary £18,312.95
What skills and experience we're looking for
Inspire Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Rotherham which also includes Oakwood High School, Sitwell Junior School, Thomas Rotherham College and Winterhill School.
The Catering Assistant will be primarily based at Thomas Rotherham College and will be required to assist in the day to day operations of the college catering service. The successful candidate should hold GCSE grade A*-C qualifications in Maths and English alongside a Food Hygiene qualification and the ability to deliver a high quality catering service.
We offer a positive working environment, we care about our learners, and we care about our staff, all of whom know and appreciate that. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be part of this, contributing to this culture and developing it further.
Applicants are required to apply via our online application form which is available on our website: https://www.inspiretrust.uk/vacancies/
PLEASE NOTE we operate Safer Recruitment and we do not accept CVs or CV attachments, all applicants must complete an application form in full.
Inspire Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, other workers, and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we undertake to make any reasonable adjustments to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face.
Our safer recruitment processes include online media searches which will form our due diligence checks pre interview. Employees will be subject to a comprehensive vetting process including references from current and previous employers, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
All candidates are expected to read the Trust’s Safeguarding Policy accessible via our website: https://www.inspiretrust.uk/page-template/statutory-documents/
What the school offers its staff
- Accredited Living Wage Employer
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Specsavers Eye Care Voucher Scheme
- Ele Wellbeing Platform
- Gym & Exercise Classes
- Sports Facility Hire
- Blue Light Card Eligibility
- Support Staff Holiday Entitlement – generous entitlement for all Professional Support Staff
- Student Admissions to Secondary School – priority placing
- Free Flu Jab Vouchers
- Free parking
- Evening Language Classes
- Pension Contributions – teachers or local Government schemes
- Urban Yoga – free classes
- Westfield Health Scheme – salary sacrifice scheme
- White House Clinic Physiotherapy – discounted rates
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Thomas Rotherham College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth form or college
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thomas Rotherham College website
- Email address
- inspirehr@inspiretrust.uk
Thomas Rotherham College is the largest sixth form college provider in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. We have a tradition of achievement and aim to provide a future of opportunity to all our students.
The College is part of Inspire Trust which includes Oakwood High School and Sitwell Junior School, a truly community-based Trust. As a Trust we are committed to developing a set of shared values through every aspect of our work. These values are the development of respect, responsibility, resourcefulness, resilience, reflection, risk taking and relationships.
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