Catering Assistant
Closing in 2 days (3 June 2025 11:59 pm)
Job details
Salary: Grade 16 Point 2, £23,656 FTE.
Employer: East Coker Primary School
Location: Yeovil, Somerset,
Contract type: Term time
Working pattern: Part time
Closing date: 3 June 2025 11:59 pm
About the job
Key information
- Part Time
- Monday to Friday 11.30-1.30 (10 hours) Term Time only
- Plus an additional 2 hours per term
- Salary Range: Grade 16 Point 2, £23,656 FTE.
- Required September 2025
What will I be doing?
The Governors are looking to appoint a friendly and enthusiastic Catering Assistant to run the brand new hot meal service which is provided externally to the school. Duties involve the overall management of the external food delivery service, ensuring food health and safety requirements are met, provide a calm friendly food service to the children having hot meals, paying particular attention to meals for children with dietary requirements. This also includes ensuring the service area is ready on time for service and cleaned with equipment washed and tided away at the end of the service.
What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?
The successful candidate will:
- Have a good knowledge of food safety and hygiene practice or a willingness to learn
- Be well motivated to ensure a high quality service for our children
- Be fully committed to our school ethos
- Have good communication skills
- Reasonable level of fitness and health to manage the deep cleaning aspects of this role
- Have the ability to work in a busy environment and as part of a friendly, supportive team.
What is in it for me?
East Coker Primary School is a large rural school with a very supportive and friendly community. We aim to provide our children with a good balance of academic and wider experiences to grow into well-rounded, compassionate and confident young people with a strong sense of community. We strongly value creativity, collaboration and independence and our pupils are encouraged to take an active part in our school.
We can offer:
- A caring, warm and friendly school in a beautiful setting.
- Happy, well behaved children.
- The opportunity to help set up a new exciting lunchtime service.
- A dedicated lunchtime team committed to providing the best for our children.
- A Well Being programme for staff.
DBS check
To comply with our Safeguarding policy this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, two suitable references and a health check. As a setting we will consider online searches as part of our due diligence checks on short listed candidates.
Supporting documents and information
Further details, a Job Description, Personal Specification and an application form are available to download from the school website. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
Applications to be returned to the school email box.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 3rd June
Interview: Wednesday 18 June
Start Date: 4 September 2025