Relief Catering Assistant

We are currently looking for a Relief Catering Assistant to join our fantastic team, part of our Central MAT services. This is an exciting opportunity to join our experienced and dynamic catering team.

The salary for this post is Grade 3, Scale Point 4. The working hours will be 35 hours per week Monday to Friday during term time plus 4 weeks. (1 week in Spring, 2 weeks during Summer and all inset days) The pro-rata salary is £19,882 reflecting the working hours. The full-time equivalent salary is £23,114.

Main responsibilities 

The Relief Catering Assistant works as part of the centralised Catering Team, providing support and cover across the schools as deployed by the Catering Support Managers. Deployments may be for short or longer-term cover to meet the requirements of the Trust.

You would also contribute to providing an effective and efficient catering service. This includes preparing and serving food, maintaining the associated catering areas in accordance with food hygiene regulations.

Your contractual base of work will be Manchester Enterprise Academy, Piper Hill High School or Chorlton High School. You will be expected to travel between schools and as such will need to have access to own transport to travel between sites. You will also need to have business insurance cover. Mileage can be claimed. 

Key relationships:

The post holder will report to the Head of Catering and Catering Support Managers and work closely with catering team members and lunchtime organisers across the Trust.

Working for us 

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. 

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. All schools in the Trust have signed up to the education staff wellbeing charter as a declaration of support to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone that works at Prospere Learning Trust. 

Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including; 

• a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues 
• membership of Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments 
• access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24-hour support 
• access to Cyclescheme  
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions 
• a range of policies which demonstrate our respect for your time and priorities outside work, including flexible working  

Closing Date: Sunday 9th June 2024

Interview Date: The following week

Applying to work for us 

Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage. Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete, you must provide information on all employment since leaving full time education and an explanation for any gaps. We cannot accept CV's. We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the planned closing date.  

Please note that guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview. 

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks including receipt of satisfactory references. 

Safeguarding Children 

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. 

Equality Statement 

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. 

If you would prefer to request an application pack by email or post, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 0161 527 7953 or via e-mail at jobs@prospere.org.uk