Job Introduction
Would you like to join an employee-owned organisation that has topped the UK ‘Best Companies to Work For’ lists for 15 years, as well as been rated ‘World Class’ for its respect and support of colleagues, and ‘Climate Positive’ for its environmental achievements?
Now is your chance! We have an opportunity for a Kitchen Assistant to join the team at our Sandfield Day Nursery in Headington on a Part time basis working 25 hours per week 10am-6pm Monday to Friday. We are offering a pay rate of £9.50-£9.61 per hour for this role.
Main Responsibility
- Following the direction of the Cook you will prepare raw ingredients in-line with the set breakfast, lunch and tea menus, which promote healthy eating for our children
- You will contribute towards maintaining a clean, tidy, hygienic kitchen environment. You will adhere to COSHH guidelines and Food Hygiene standards at all times, ensuring ingredients and cleaning chemicals are used and stored appropriately and safely
- In the Cook's absence, you will step up to resume responsibility for all food preparation and cooking
- You will respectfully engage with colleagues, our Health, Safety and Environments team, and external professionals, including the Food Standards Agency, in order to successfully work in partnership to uphold children's well-being and to maintain a 5 star rating
The Ideal Candidate
Your previous experience working within a professional kitchen environment lends well to your success in this role. You enjoy working as part of a team and your proactive, helpful approach, alongside your awareness of Food Hygiene standards, makes you the perfect candidate.
Package Description
- 22 days annual leave increasing with length of service
- Potential for an annual tax-free cash bonus as an employee-owner
- Cash rewards for going ‘Beyond Expectation’
- 50% childcare discount from day one
- Annual awards dinner, staff conferences and nursery achievement celebrations
- Unlimited recommend a friend scheme (up to £1000 per recommendation)
About the Company
Fun is an essential ingredient in all Childbase Partnership nurseries where the care and education opportunities for each and every child are as extraordinary as our colleagues who provide them.
As an employee-owned business, each and every one of our colleagues is empowered and encouraged to contribute towards the success of our future partnership through the sharing of ideas, opinions, experience and expertise. If we all contribute, we all benefit; we truly believe that.
Our Diversity Forum ensures our policy and practice is wholly inclusive and that discrimination, in all its forms, has no place within our company. Employee inclusivity, happiness and well-being is central to decision making across our partnership and as such, we invest in award-winning training, mentoring and career development programmes, in addition to offering a range of colleague perks and rewards. Your well-being, happiness and success is important to us.
We are a ‘climate positive’ business which means we save more greenhouse gas emissions than we generate, and we are committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2030. For every new colleague we welcome to our partnership we plant a tree in a Madagascan rainforest. How amazing is that?
The Important Bits:
Successful applicants will need to provide ‘right to work in the UK’ documentation, undertake a DBS check and provide satisfactory references, prior to commencing employment with us. If your application is successful, our Recruitment and Compliance Team will be there to support you through our onboarding process, every step of the way.
