Catering Assistant

Salary: £12.60 per hour (As of 1st April 2025)

Grade: AB Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only

Vacancy Hours: 8.75 hours per week Location: Athelstan Primary School, Selby

We have an opportunity to join our award winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are a 'fresh food' organisation, encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals and eat well, fuelling their appetite for learning. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children.

We are currently recruiting a Catering Assistant to join our team at Athelstan Primary School. As a Catering Assistant, your role will be to support the Catering Manager in delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. On a daily basis, you will be assisting the catering manager with food prep, setting up and clearing away the dining hall, serving meals to students and staff, washing up and cleaning down the kitchen.

You will be a valued member of our friendly team who is reliable, dependable and committed. No weekend work! You will work term time weeks only; however, you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £12.60 per hour (As of 1st April 2025) in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

What can we offer you? You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought:

• Competitive rate of pay
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days, increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary
• Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure, below, to see the full range of benefits.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer.

If you would like an informal chat, please contact Geraldine Johnson (Area Manager) on 07974427178 or email at Geraldine.johnson@northyorks.gov.uk

Please note that we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.

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External: to apply for this role, please visit Jobs and careers | North Yorkshire Council and submit an online application.

Key Documents

Job description: Catering Assistant Grade AB.docx

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Key Dates

Closing Date: 06th April 2025

Interview Date: 10th April 2025

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