Job Description

Catering Assistant
(Maternity Cover)

Post commences as soon as possible

St Cedd's School is seeking to appoint a reliable and conscientious Catering Assistant to join our catering team on a nine month contract to provide maternity cover until December 2025. This is a hands-on role involving all aspects of the lunchtime activities. Duties include food preparation, serving pupils and staff, washing up and cleaning the kitchen. The successful candidate will be flexible, with a good work ethic and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to be able to work under pressure, have an eye for detail, take pride in your work and have a "can do" attitude.

A working knowledge of Health and Safety measures is required and prior experience of working in a kitchen is desirable.

Hours: 15 hours/week from 11:30 to 14:30 Monday to Thursday term time to the end of the Autumn Term 2025, with a 15-minute paid break each day.

Salary/Benefits: £12.30 per hour

For an application pack please see the School website or telephone 01245 392810. Applications should be addressed to the Head, Mr Clarke.

As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

All employees of St Cedd's School have a responsibility for, and must be committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Appointment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interview: To be arranged with the candidate when mutually convenient

Information about the School

St Cedd's School is an independent co-educational school in Chelmsford for pupils aged 3-11. For more than 90 years, boys and girls at St Cedd's School have been enjoying a quality of education that is among the very best you will find both locally and nationally.

We offer pupils the opportunity to aspire and achieve in a caring environment that nurtures talent and supports individual endeavour whilst also developing a sense of community and key collaborative skills to equip young learners for the demands of the 21st Century.