Kitchen Assistant

Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1NN

14 days remaining to apply

Job start date
3 September 2025
Closing date
20 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 August 2025

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday from 10.00am-2.30pm
Contract type: Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027
Actual salary: £12,189
Pay scale: Scale 2, SCP 3-4

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you passionate about healthy eating and do you enjoy working as part of a small team? We are a vibrant school, tucked away in a beautiful Essex village, looking to recruit an experienced and friendly Kitchen Assistant to support our Catering Manager in preparing fresh home cooked food for our pupils. Your working pattern will Monday to Friday from 10.00am-2.30pm (22.5 hours per week). This is initially for a fixed term of one year.

Experience of a similar environment would be an advantage, although as part of our commitment to staff development, training will be available.

We are looking for candidates who:

Have a caring and positive disposition.
Have a commitment and passion to work with children.
Want to be a member of a creative and dynamic staff team.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

The opportunity to work in a successful and supportive environment.
Continued professional development.
A caring and friendly staff body.

Great ChesterfordC of EPrimary Academy has a strong focus on promoting Christian values and is part ofGreat Oak Multi Academy Trust.

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.