Catering Assistant

**Hours: 10 hours a week 38 weeks a year**

**Salary: Grade B, Points 1 - 2 £18,154 - £18,516 FTE**

**About Us**

The Nene Education Trust is comprised of 8 unique and wonderful schools located in North Northamptonshire. We are proud of our schools, students, staff and the communities they serve.

We are committed to raising aspirations and developing character in a positive environment for all.

**Developing character, celebrating achievement, raising aspirations**

Raising aspirations and developing character is at the heart of everything we do within our schools to enable each young person to achieve highly and be successful in life, contributing back to the world we live in.

Throughout their educational journey in the Nene Education Trust, we aim to develop all our learners within a positive environment for learning, along with opportunities to develop their spiritual and moral compass so that they grow with integrity.

Through a set of shared principles and our collaborative working we continue to develop as a multi-academy trust of highly effective schools. We are stronger together.

**The Role**
- To assist in the preparation, cooking and serving of meals in catering outlets across the academy, including External schools
- To work as part of a team to ensure the highest standards of hygiene, cleanliness and food safety across all catering outlets.

**Key Tasks**
- Assist in the preparation and presentation of a range of foods.
- Prepare all food items within agreed cooking specifications, methods and portion controls.
- Implement and maintain the academy’s food standards, and work with the Catering Manager to improve where possible.
- Prepare the dining areas for the delivery lunch service to students and staff as required.
- Assemble and serve food to all customers to high levels of customer service: efficient, professional and courteous.
- Clear dirty crockery and cutlery, operate the dishwasher (hand wash where applicable/necessary) and store clean crockery and cutlery ready to be used again.
- Assist with tidying and cleaning serving counters after service; storing food safely and disposing of waste and leftovers in accordance with recognised hygiene practices.
- Undertake routine and daily cleaning duties to include general cleaning of front of house and dining areas, tables and chairs, kitchens and equipment to ensure a clean and hygienically safe catering environment.
- Undertake thorough and deep cleaning of kitchen equipment as requested.

**About You**
- The post holder should have a basic secondary education and hold Maths and English qualifications to GCSE/O level standard or equivalent.
- Prior experience of working in a catering environment
- Knowledge and understanding of food hygiene procedures.
- Ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Resilient and the ability to remain calm under pressure
- A professional and flexible approach to work

**Benefits**
- 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter
- Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional
- An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged
- Discounted gym membership
- Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes

**To apply**

We look forward to your response.

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

**_ *Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date_** stated below**

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