Kitchen Assistant (Maternity Cover)
George Green's School, London, E14 3DW3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Food technology
Working pattern
- Part time: 20 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Term Time Only Temporary Part-Time - Fixed term contract until August 2026 Maternity Cover
Contract type
- Fixed term - August 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Actual salary
- 29,908
What skills and experience we're looking for
Knowledge
•Basic food preparation
•Food hygiene
•Health and Safety
•Nutrition and allergen awareness
Experience & Qualifications
•A recognised catering qualification is desirable
•Experience of working in a time pressured practical catering situation
Skills and Understanding
•Ability to carry out some heavy lifting
•Awareness of the role of the catering department and your position within that team
•Ability to work as part of a team, and on your own initiative
•Ability to plan and prioritise own work, and to help colleagues wherever necessary
Qualities
•Commitment to learning and training and to actively seek out opportunities for personal and team development as and when they arise
•Commitment to Rights Respecting values, anti-racism, inclusivity and diversity
•Awareness of and commitment to carrying out the role in alignment with the whole school’s vision and values as communicated by senior leadership
What the school offers its staff
•A first-class CPL programme, including dedicated weekly CPL sessions and the opportunity to take part in NPQ programmes at a senior level
•Early paid start from July for ECTs
•Large A Level cohort
•Staff wellbeing programme, including in-house counselling
•Excellent amenities on site, including a gym, secure cycle storage and free parking
•A strong, supportive teaching culture
•Embedded strategies for improving the work-life balance for staff, including our marking policy
•Exciting development and teaching opportunities with our partners in City of London and Canary Wharf.
Further information about the job
Main Purpose of the Job:
To assist in the cooking and service of food for the pupils, staff and visitors at George Green’s School.
Main Responsibilities
•The post holder’s key responsibilities are, but not limited to:
Food preparation:
•To assist in the preparation of food as and when required.
•To make sandwiches / rolls etc.
•To prepare and cook vegetables as and when required.
•To fill the chiller cabinet as and when required.
•To assist cook or manager with any food preparation.
Food service:
•To assist customers when necessary, always being polite and courteous.
•To maintain high standards of presentation of food.
•To replenish counters throughout service.
•To control portion sizes and wastage.
•To be aware of menu items and prices.
•To serve food as and when required
Deliveries and stock:
•To assist with receiving and storing all food stock, putting away deliveries, putting away, labelling food,and stock rotation.
•To assist managers with stock taking and ordering if and when required.
•To alert managers in the event of stock run down or spoiled produce.
Hygiene and cleaning:
•To wash up and tidy up in between food preparation, during and after service periods.
•To be aware of hygiene regulations and constantly maintain high standards of health, safety and hygiene.
•To use the temperature probe supplied to check temperatures of food items prior and during food servicetimes.
•To regularly clean equipment and surfaces thoroughly.
•To dispose of rubbish as and when necessary.
Handling payment:
•To serve on tills as and when required.
•To ensure the correct recording of sales, Free School Meals, staff meals and duty staff meals.
•To refer to price lists and follow correct till procedures.
•To record any food items not paid for, or given away or for those cashless accounts in need of topping–up.
Health and safety:
•To follow all school policies on health and safety as outlined through training.
•To wear full uniform in all food areas with safe shoes provided which must be kept clean and smart.
•To operate delicate machinery only after full training is given.
Standards to be observed:
•Personal appearance and time keeping, in line with school policies relating to attendance, punctuality andabsence procedures.
•Degree of co-operation with work colleagues and customers.
•The skill, care and speed with which duties are performed.
•The tidiness and appearance of the unit at all times.
•Hygiene standards.
•The quality of food preparation.
•To cover any area in the establishment as and when required
Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of this post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
Employees are expected to present themselves and to act in a professional manner at all times.
The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition
Sometimes staff may be required to work beyond the usual hours e.g. to support at parents’ evenings or other school events. Time Off In Lieu may be available in such circumstances at the discretion of the Principal.
This job description is not prescriptive. If the needs of the school changes, the job description may be revised or amended at any time following appropriate consultation with the post holder.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About George Green's School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1261 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- George Green's School website
- Email address
- tbegum@georgegreens.com
At George Green’s School, we are deeply committed to being an exceptional school. Our vision and values are deep-rooted and live at the heart of everything we do. We believe that great schools like ours are engines of social change, teaching powerful knowledge to young people so that they can go on to become change-makers and develop into the best possible people they can be. Our vision goes beyond simple success in exams: we will teach our students the cultural, scientific and social knowledge they need to go on to become happy adults, fully engaged in the cultural, economic and democratic life of the society in which they live.
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