Thomas Gainsborough School
Catering Assistant
Contract: Part-time, Permanent: 30 hours per week, 38 weeks per year.
Salary/Grade: USP Grade 2, SP 2 Grade (FTE £24,414 /Actual £13,793.28)
Start date: ASAP
Responsible to: Head of Kitchen/Operations Manager

Overall Responsibility:

• To prepare and serve food and drink, in accordance with Health and Safety, Health and Hygiene and Food Safety Regulations to meet the daily needs of staff, students and colleagues.
• Duties will involve food preparation, food service, customer service, dishwasher operation and cleaning duties.
• To maintain the kitchen, dining area, floor areas and other catering related areas to the highest standards of cleanliness.
• To report to the Head of Kitchen any matters of concern which affects the day to day running of the Catering Department.
• To communicate efficiently and effectively in a friendly and positive manner to all school staff, students colleagues, management and visitors.
• To undertake any training that is required which is off the TGS site or online based training.
• Duties will involve working in any of the Thomas Gainsborough School Catering Areas and rotated around each of the stations within each of the Catering Areas at the Head of Kitchen’s discretion.

Additional Responsibilities
Undertake any duties reasonably requested by the Headteacher or Line Manager
If you are interested, please go to our website for further information, tgschool.net
Closing date - Noon Friday 12th September 2025
Interviews – W/C 15th September 2025
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.
In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks. We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.
We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.

Please refer the Job description for details