Kitchen Assistant
Phoenix School, London, E3 2AD19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Permanent | Term time | 35 hours per week | 7:00am to 3.00pm Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Scale 1 Pro-rata (Actual Salary £28,881 - £29,286)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Kitchen Assistant to prepare services and equipment for the service area for efficient and effective delivery of meals and catering. The required candidate will work as part of a team preparing fresh, interesting and nutritious school meals within budget, which meets the Government and the School’s standards at all times.
As a Kitchen Assistant, the role will support:
- Assisting with and/or organising snack or meal delivery to classrooms or staff rooms.
- Dishwashing including pots, pans, cutlery and crockery as required.
- Organisation of goods received: ensuring that stock deliveries are organised.
- Keeping fridges and dry stores organised.
- Ensuring that waste is disposed of promptly and in the designated areas.
- Helping the kitchen porter with refilling paper, soap and cleaning material dispensers.
- Basic Food Preparation: Processing vegetables, condiments, filling up sauce pots, preparing snack baskets and helping with the preparation of food items for the salad bar.
- Assisting the Sous chef and CDPS with lunch service as required.
- Cleaning: ensuring that your work areas are clean at all times, using the designated cleaning chemicals appropriately, sweeping floors and assisting the kitchen porter with the 7-day cleaning schedule.
What the school offers its staff
You are not likely to get bored working with us. You will be helping with the preparation of carefully prepared meals at a specialist school for children diagnosed with ASD. You will also be in charge of training sixth formers on kitchen work placement. At Phoenix School, we run a two-week menu cycle and update our food offer with the seasons. We run lunch service from three school sites, catering for 514 Students aged 3-25 and Staff. You will be working with an eclectic team of chefs, who have a drive for making healthy and nutritious food. We work with top-end suppliers to ensure the best available produce for our exciting range of recipes. Our production is done in a brand-new kitchen, with plenty of top-end equipment and toys. At Phoenix School Kitchen, we are proud of fostering a supportive and friendly working environment. There will always be space for your thoughts and your ideas.
How to apply
The application form can be found on the school website www.phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk and TES
Please return completed application form to: recruitment@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk - CVs are not accepted
Closing date: 9am, 2nd June 2025 | Shortlisting: 3rd June 2025 | Interviews: 12th June 2025
If you would like to discuss the post or visit, please contact
Harriet Stirrup, Head Lead Chef: harriet.stirrup@Phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
The Governing Body of the school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and staff. The Executive Headteacher must ensure that the highest priority is given to following all safeguarding guidance and regulations. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS clearance. All of the school's Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are available on the school's website. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Phoenix School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 507 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Phoenix School website
- Email address
- recruitment@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk
Special School for children with Autism
Arranging a visit to Phoenix School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk.
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