Job Description

Catering Assistant Required - Maternity Cover -Required ASAP

We have a fixed term Catering Assistant to cover maternity leave (up to a year's contract) at Witham Oaks Academy (formerly Powers Hall Academy), one of the schools within Inspires MAT.

10 hours per week. (Monday to Friday, 11.45am - 1.45pm, (Term-time only + one week (non-pupil days)) required from 1st September 2024.

Salary - Scale 2 point 3 (actual starting salary £5,268 per annum)

This is a fixed term position to cover for the absence of the substantive postholder on maternity leave. Should the employee return to duty before the final date above, your appointment will cease with statutory notice.

We are looking for someone who has:

• High standards of personal hygiene.
• The ability to complete tasks speedily and accurately.
• The ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, pupils, staff and visitors.
• The ability to work either alone or as part of a team.
• The ability to complete all necessary documentation including timesheets, temperature sheets and cleaning schedules

Your duties will include:

• The preparation and simple cooking of food & beverages.
• Serving pupils at the counter/hatch or from a trolley or kiosk as required.
• To undertake all aspects of cleaning equipment (light and heavy), walls (up to 6ft.) floors, fixtures and fittings, cooking utensils, cutlery, glassware etc. as directed.

Witham Oaks Academy is part of Inspires MAT, a primary only multi-academy trust with 5 schools. Please see www.Inspiresmat.co.uk for further details.

Inspires MAT are committed to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of difference backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and belief and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share this commitment.

The appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references.