General Assistant (Pantry)
Eton College
Windsor and Maidenhead
- Expired
- Salary:
- £12,481 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 19 November 2019
Job overview
General Assistant (Pantry)
General Assistants are key roles within the College, and have an important part to play in making the boys’ experience of College life the best it can be. As a General Assistant (Pantry) you could be working anywhere within our boarding houses, but it is likely that you will spend most of your time working within the Pantry of a boarding house, helping to provide a full dining room service to our pupils. This includes helping chefs to prep and present food, undertaking general cleaning duties and assisting with Chambers and Messing Teas.
This position is for 35.5 hours per week as set out below:
Monday - 7.00am - 2.00pm
Tuesday - 7.00am - 2.00pm
Wednesday – Day off
Thursday – 10.00am – 2.00pm
Friday - 7.00am – 10.00am
Saturday - 7.00am - 2.00pm
Sunday – 12.30pm – 8.00pm
Main Duties
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Making sure that the House is clean and sanitary by undertaking general cleaning duties to the high standard expected. These cleaning duties include, but are not limited to:
- Assisting the Chef/Assistant chef to ensure that the kitchen, dining room and relevant common areas are kept to the standard of cleanliness required;
- Washing up after meals;
- Cleaning fridges and store cupboards;
- Cleaning other areas of the boarding house as requested (including ablution blocks and pupil rooms);
- Setting up the dining room in advance of house meals;
- Bringing food from the kitchen to the dining room and either serving the boys or assisting the boys to serve themselves (depending on the meal) and clearing away the dirty plates and cutlery;
- Helping the chef to prepare food and present the food
The Ideal Candidate
Skills and Competencies Required
You may enjoy this role, if:
- You have a flexible approach to work and a ‘can do’ attitude;
- You have great attention to detail and take pride in your work – you’re keen to deliver the highest possible standards and you understand the impact your work has on boys who are away from home, especially boys who have recently joined the College and who are in unfamiliar surroundings;
- You enjoy working as part of a team and you are happy to get stuck in and support your colleagues;
- You enjoy engaging with young people and you are keen to develop good professional relationships with the boys, and you will always act in the boys’ best interests;
- You have good verbal communication skills;
- You are punctual and well presented;
- Ideally you will have worked in a similar role, however this is not essential if you have the right attitude and you are keen to learn
Benefits
Eton College offers a wide range of benefits, including an 11% employer contribution to your pension (with 4.9% employee contribution), a cycle to work scheme and free access to the College’s sport and leisure facilities.
Salary
£12,481 per annum
Hours
35.5 hours per week
Closing date: 19th November at midnight
Full details and an application form are available from our website:
https://recruitmenthub.etoncollege.com/members/?j=57&jobboard=TES
Eton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
About Eton College
Eton College is a charity for the advancement of education. At its heart sits an independent boys’ boarding school which leads a dynamic range of educational activities and an expanding network of educational partnerships. The charity’s primary purpose, determined from its Christian foundation in 1440, is to draw out the best of young people’s talents and to enable them to flourish and make a positive impact on others through the course of a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. Founded to offer transformative educational opportunities to boys with limited life chances, currently over 100 boys pay no fees at all.
With an extensive curriculum both within and beyond the classroom, a focus on pastoral excellence, and a growing expertise in digital education through its digital education platform, EtonX, Eton College stands in the vanguard of educational developments. Its award-winning flagship embedded research facility, The Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning, is at the core of these new developments, informing Eton College's own educational practice, as well as sharing best practice across the sector.
In addition, Eton Connect coordinates over 1,000 cross-sector partnerships between schools, charities and other organisations working together for the benefit of young people and teachers. Through research, digital resources, summer schools, visits and events, Eton Connect brings people together who are determined to increase the range of learning opportunities available to young people. Last year, Eton Connect coordinated activities for over 5,400 state school pupils, with over 2,000 pupils continuing to visit its museums and collections each year.
As it looks forward, the ambitions of the charity will continue to broaden, from maintaining and developing new partnerships to the plans for opening selective state sixth form colleges in partnership with Star Academies in Middlesbrough, Dudley and Oldham. Its partnership with Holyport College, an Ofsted outstanding state-maintained boarding school, is one of the strongest, closest and most reciprocal cross-sector partnerships in the UK. Amongst other partnerships, Eton College also co-sponsors the London Academy of Excellence, an outstanding sixth form in Newham, East London.
Headmaster Simon Henderson
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