GENERAL INFORMATION

Salary
£33,275
Working Pattern
Full Time, Part Time, Part Time/Job Share, Flexible Working
Vacancy Approach
External
Location
Nottingham
Region
East Midlands
Closing Date
22-Sep-2025
Business Unit
Ranby
Post Type
Permanent
Civil Service Grade
EO
Number of jobs available
1
Reserve List
12 Months
Job ID
9605

DESCRIPTIONS & REQUIREMENTS

Job description
This is not your average catering. It is a great chance to put your catering qualifications and skills into practice and make an impact far beyond the kitchen.
As part of the prison’s catering team, you’ll be working in a professional industrial kitchen environment, with a good salary, pension and Civil Service benefits including apprenticeship opportunities ‘earn while you learn’. Unlike traditional restaurant jobs, you won’t have to work late into the evening.
You’ll oversee the work of offenders to prepare and cook quality, nutritional meals for the entire prison. Plus, you’ll play your part in helping them turn their lives around - supporting them to learn new skills and work towards gaining qualifications to increase their chances of employment and reduce their likelihood of reoffending when they leave prison.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• level 2 certificate in food production within hospitality and catering or equivalent
• food hygiene certificate at Level 2
• food hygiene certificate Level 3 (intermediate level)
• working towards a relevant vocational qualification at Level 3 or already hold formal qualifications in catering e.g. City and Guilds 7061/7062 or NVQ Level 3

In addition, you must be:

• Familiar with all current health, safety and hygiene related regulations for working in a kitchen
• Able to demonstrate competency within an industrial kitchen environment.
• Able to demonstrate team leadership experience

Please note refresher training in food safety (HACCP) should be completed at three year intervals.
An ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English or (w specified in Wales) Welsh is also required

JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHMENT

• 
  2025 09 04 prison catering band 4 national exc unsocial hours allowance v1.0.docx (Job Description Supporting Documents 2)
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  Band-4-FSS-Hospitality-and-Catering-JD555-v9.0.pdf (Job Description Attachment)

EXPERIENCE

We will assess your experience for this role via the following methods
CV or Work History
Evidence of Experience
CV or Work History

Please refer the Job description for details