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30 hours a week, £20,028 - £21,627 (actual salary)

Working hours are: term time (38 weeks per year) Monday to Friday, 8am-2pm.

In August 2023, unstable RAAC was discovered in our school, which began a period of temporary buildings. We will remain in a temporary building until our new school is built. As part of this current situation, overseeing operations across both a new fitted kitchen and two serveries is a requirement of the role, working with supportive and flexible staff to ensure smooth operations.

We also provide and serve meals for Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery school.

We are looking for someone who will:

• Confidently lead and line manage our catering team.
• Ensuring healthy, balanced meals that our children enjoy.
• Be passionate about cooking and create an exciting 'buzz' around our lunchtimes.
• Drive and increase meal numbers across both the infant and junior schools.
• Working closely with the school business manager to ensure monthly stocktake and paperwork are completed accurately and on time.
• Be an active part of the whole school team and share a desire to provide the best school meal experience for our families.

Visits are welcomed and necessary to be able to understand our site and the role! Please do make an appointment for an informal visit with Becky Black (our Headteacher) who would love to meet you and share her vision for school meals at St Andrew's Junior School.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Appointments are subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Information about the School

St Andrew's is a school where 'Every child is loved and known and every child shines'.
Our happy, hard-working team of staff are dedicated to ensuring that our children experience the best learning opportunities, we have high aspirations and expectations for all.

We have a broad, balanced and creative curriculum where we support and develop the 'whole child'.
Aiming for all children to develop skills for learning, life and to support them to maintain good mental and physical health.

We nurture a: love of creativity, the outdoors, an understanding and celebration of the richness of cultures and communities in our world and a desire to make a positive difference to everyone.

We are a two form junior school with excellent transport links to Chelmsford, Witham, Maldon and Colchester. We have been significantly impacted by RAAC but have moved into our second temporary building this summer and are enjoying being in this new space together.

We have a happy and supportive staff team who work incredibly well together and are easily excited by 'posh coffee and chocolate biscuits'! Please do call the office for a chat or a visit with our headteacher Becky Black.

We reserve the right to close this advert at any point prior to the closing date.