Kitchen Porter

Plumpton College, Ditchling Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AE

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 45 hours per week 08:30 – 18:30 Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: Up to £12.71 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key responsibilities

• Assist with food service and preparation, ensuring smooth kitchen operations.
• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchen, including washing pots, pans, and plates.
• Comply with food hygiene standards, ensuring appropriate clothing and footwear.
• Support functions requiring catering outside regular working hours.
• Undergo food hygiene and handling training as needed.
• Ensure courteous interactions with students, staff, and visitors.

About you

• You are proactive, professional, and able to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends.
• You have a positive attitude and can maintain cleanliness and order in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• A commitment to maintaining high food hygiene standards and treating everyone with respect is essential.

What the college offers its staff

As well as a competitive salary, you can also look forward to a great range of benefits including: up to 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), and up to 5 efficiency days at Christmas; membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme; comprehensive CPD; TOTUM card; Employee Assistance Programme; free onsite parking; discounted Plumpton wine; staff discounts on Plumpton courses; free eye tests; cycle to work scheme; and free use of the onsite gym.

With over 3,000 students, excellent resources, and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressive, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.

We reserve the right to call candidates to interview/withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.

Plumpton College is committed to the promotion of equal opportunities and is dedicated to pursuing non-discriminatory policies and practices and eliminating unfair discrimination on any basis.

Plumpton is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

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About Plumpton College

• Organisation type: FE College, ages 16 to 99
• Education phase: Sixth form or FE college
• Size: No information available
• Age range: 16 to 99
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Plumpton College website
• Email address: recruitment@plumpton.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/plumpton-college

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