Casual Catering Assistant

**Ipswich School, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3SG**:

- **£11.44 per hour**:

- **Part time, casual, mostly term time**:

- **Casual Contract**:

- **Reference: 0078**

*This will increase to £12.21 per hour in April 2025.

**The school**

Ipswich School has been listed as one of the top 100 schools in the country and is certainly one of the foremost independent schools in East Anglia. We were established prior to 1399, although we moved to our present site in 1852. We have over 1080 pupils aged between 3 months and 19 years and are fully co‑educational. The school operates a 5 day week, with representative sports played during the week and on Saturdays.

In this role you may be asked to work in the Senior School or the Prep School.

**Responsible to**
The Catering Manager, Catering Operations Manager and Head Chef.

**Purpose of the job**

You will assist with a variety of duties, covering for absent colleagues, or providing extra help at busy times in our Catering team. You will follow daily routines and our cleaning schedule.

**Principle duties**
- wash all kitchen tins and utensils in hot, soapy water and rinse well
- help lay up the Dining Room for lunch service as and when required
- help prepare the Dishwasher Room ready for operation
- check that all cutlery and crockery is clean before returning to the servery for use
- be polite and helpful to customers at all times
- adhere to the C.O.S.H.H. regulations when using chemicals, always use protective wear
- report any damaged or broken equipment to the Catering Manager
- work in a safe manner that does not endanger other employees (i.e. mop up spillages immediately)
- ensure after service that the daily cleaning schedule is carried out, and that the work areas are left clean and tidy with surfaces sanitised, and all rubbish removed
- help prepare and serve Sports Teas, and/or provide catering support for School events and functions that may take place in the evenings or at weekends.

**Hygiene, Health and Safety**
- wear the uniform/personal protective clothing issued as appropriate, and as directed by the Catering Manager
- jewellery should not be worn
- adhere to responsibilities under the School’s Health, Safety and Welfare Policy
- only use chemicals that are in the correct bottles, and ensure they are used correctly.

**Other Duties**
- attend basic hygiene and safeguarding children training as required.

This list is not exhaustive, and duties may be changed or added to as determined from time to time

**Person Specification**

You should have the following attributes:

- good inter-personal and team working skills
- reliability and punctuality
- flexibility to provide cover at short notice.

**Hours of work / pay and benefits**
- this is a casual position (there are no set/contracted hours of work)
- the hours of work will be as required to cover absent colleagues during Ipswich School term time and busy/peak workload periods, or at weekends/evenings for sports fixtures and events
- cleaning work may also be required on the days prior to the beginning of each term and after the end of each term
- the hourly rate of pay for the post is currently £11.44 per hour (the National Living Wage), plus statutory holiday pay in accordance with the Working Time Regulations. This will increase to £12.21 per hour in April 2025
- holiday pay is calculated periodically and is based on the number of hours worked in any period. It is paid at appropriate intervals throughout the year, currently every four months in April, August and December
- authorised time sheets should be submitted at regular intervals and payment is made monthly in arrears by BACS on the last working day of the month
- staff are able to use the school’s swimming pool and fitness gym (in compliance with appropriate rules and regulations)
- after 3 months’ service and/or in line with workplace pension legislation, you will be entitled to join a defined contribution pension scheme..

**Closing date: 1pm, 18 March 2025.**

Ipswich School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining the position. The Ipswich School Policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders and the Code of Practice relating to the Disclosure and Barring Service are available on request.

Ipswich School’s employees are responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people they are responsible for or come into contact with. The post holder must adhere to and ensure compliance with the school’s Safeguarding Children Policy at all times. If, in the course of carrying out his/her duties the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the School she/he must report a