Role: General Catering Assistant
Location: Midsomer Norton Area - Kitchen Cover
Start Date: 3rd September 2026
Hours: 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time, plus 5 inset days
Salary: Grade 1 and scale point 3 - 4, (£24,796 - £25,185 full time equivalent), actual annual salary £11,515 - £11,696
Are you looking for a rewarding role where every day is different? Do you enjoy working as part of a friendly team and helping provide healthy meals for children?
We are seeking a General Catering Assistant to join our Catering Team on a permanent basis, providing kitchen cover across schools within the Midsomer Norton Schools' Partnership.
This is a mobile role supporting our school kitchens when additional cover is required due to staff absence, vacancies or increased demand. Although you'll work across a number of schools in the Midsomer Norton area, there will also be opportunities to undertake long-term cover placements at individual schools when needed.
If you're flexible, reliable and enjoy working in a busy kitchen environment, we'd love to hear from you.
About the role
Working alongside our experienced catering teams, you'll help deliver nutritious, high-quality meals in a safe and welcoming environment for pupils and staff.
Your duties will include:
- Assisting with the preparation of meals, sandwiches, salads and other food items.
- Supporting the cooking of simple food items including vegetables and basic meal preparation.
- Serving food and providing excellent customer service to pupils and staff.
- Setting up and clearing dining areas.
- Operating kitchen equipment, dishwashers and cashless catering tills (training provided where required).
- Washing crockery, utensils and kitchen equipment.
- Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene.
- Recording food and appliance temperatures and supporting food safety procedures.
- Loading and, where required, delivering prepared meals to local schools using a school catering vehicle.
- Supporting catering for school events, meetings and functions.
- Working flexibly across different school kitchens to provide essential catering cover.
What we're looking for
We're looking for someone who is:
- Friendly, approachable and enjoys working with children.
- Reliable, adaptable and happy to work across different school locations.
- A strong team player with a positive attitude.
- Able to follow instructions and maintain excellent hygiene standards.
- Comfortable working in a busy kitchen environment.
There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests for VDU users and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure.
Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
