Food Technician
Working Hours: 27.5 hours per week [8am – 2pm Mon to Fri hours negotiable to suit the right candidate].
Working Weeks: Term-time plus training days
Salary: NJC Scale K £24,153 - £25,603 (Full Time Equivalent) [pay award pending from April 2025]
Actual salary £15,372 - £16,295 if working 27.5 hrs per week
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, proactive and resourceful Food Technician to support our Catering department.
If you have strong organisation skills and strive to work confidently to a high standard, we welcome your application for this role. You will be tactful, resilient, have a good sense of humour and be approachable and willing to help colleagues. You will also need to be self-reliant and well organised.
We focus on employee wellbeing, and an important part of this is the opportunity for every staff member in all roles to have a voice at our school.
At The Commonweal School we are proud that we are an inclusive and welcoming community. We are committed to equality of opportunities for all staff, and applications are welcome from individuals from all backgrounds, inclusive of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.
Commonweal School is a popular and forward-looking single status academy striving for academic excellence. We seek to provide a high level of support and professional development for all staff. We are committed to realising our aim, which is to be known as a provider of high-quality education for all our students, achieved by focusing on teaching and learning and the performing arts. We have a Specialist Resource Provision for students with Physical Disabilities which is an integral part of Commonweal life.
From September 2014 our Sixth Form provision has enhanced and extended the school’s excellent curriculum, creating significant opportunities for up to 300 students to achieve their potential. Based in a purpose built three storey centre it offers an outstanding environment in which our students can succeed and grow, within a warm, caring and creative atmosphere.
The Catering Department
The Catering department at Commonweal is successful and very popular at Key Stage 4. We are successful because we are passionate about our subject and engage students with frequent practical lessons and delicious recipes throughout Key Stage 3. This is achieved with a comprehensively planned and resourced curriculum which aims to give students skills in all aspects of catering, food preparation and nutrition and prepares them for further study and for life. It is further supported through building positive relationships with students and building emphasis on students taking responsibility for the level of their own success. The Catering department is part of the Creative Technology faculty and are reflective and supportive teams. We look forward to welcoming a new member of staff who can be an active part of a department we’re proud of.
Further details can be requested by contacting HR - please see the advert attached
Eteach application forms only please, no CVs will be accepted.
Closing date for completed applications is 9am on Monday the 7th July 2025.
Interviews to be conducted shortly after the closing date.
Should you not hear within 4 weeks of the closing date, then you should assume your application has not been successful.