Kitchen Assistant

Permanent

Grade 1 - £23,656 - £24,027 pro rata

We are a Living Wage Employer, and all our roles will be paid as such where the pay scales are below the Living Wage rate.

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Location: Blakesley Hall, B33 8TH

Working 12.5hrs per week, term time only. Working times are Monday - Friday term time only between the hours of 10am to 2:30pm- to be confirmed
including 3 cleaning days in school holidays and 5 teacher training days

Cityserve is a Birmingham City Council catering service for school meals providing fresh and nutritious food for school kitchen across the UK, healthy eating is a continuous theme throughout all of our menus, and we are committed to the wellbeing of pupils. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, delivers excellent customer service and is able motivate and support team members.

As a General Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

• Assist keeping the kitchen and dining rooms clean & tidy, to include sweeping, mopping, and washing up
• Food service and preparation knowledge and experience
• To serve meals and refreshments in line with the schools’ requirements
• To be aware of the special dietary needs
• You will work collaboratively with managers and supervisors to ensure the first-class delivery of food in school kitchens
• And any other duties commensurate with the post
• Willing to take training as required and necessary , to include Mandatory IT training through I learn annually

Previous kitchen experience is Essential to this role.

About You;

Essential:

• Food Safety Level 2 certificate in date
• Allergy Awareness Certificate in date
• Experience in a catering environment
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good people skills
• Passion about food and customer service
• Dedicated team player mindful of observing safeguarding and professional standards
• High standards and quality drive
• A 'can do’ attitude
• Display a smart professional appearance representing CityServe in a positive manner
• Reliable and flexible
• Able to perform well and remain professional whilst under pressure

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.