General Kitchen Assistant - Leeds City Council

Job Title: General Kitchen Assistant

Location: Leeds City Council

Salary: A2 - £21,029 (pro rata) / £10.90 p/h

Hours: 10 - 20 per week

Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only

Closes: Wednesday 12th July 2023

JOB REF: req15

Would you like to be part of something bigger and join us in our ambition to become the Best Council, working together as a Team for Leeds. Do your values match ours and do you have something to offer?

Leeds City Council delivers over 500 different services to residents and is dedicated to bringing the benefits of a prosperous, vibrant and attractive city to the people of Leeds. This is a fantastic time to join us.

Benefits of working with us:

We pride ourselves on offering the best employee experience, with a genuine commitment to keeping our colleagues safe and well at work. You can expect great benefits whilst working for us including:

• A competitive pay progression structure including generous employer pension contributions.

• Flexible career paths with tailored personal and professional development.

• Support for you, your home and your family including personal, and financial support.

At Catering Leeds, we have set our sights high. We provide a school meals service that covers everything from arranging special diets to maintaining the catering equipment. We are specialists in Food Education and have over 25 years’ experience of providing a great service to schools and nurseries. Our primary focus is on customer experience. We want to work with our customers to develop true partnerships which benefit the children of Leeds, making them ready to learn and ready for life.

We are looking for an enthusiastic General Kitchen Assistant who can work as part of a team, communicate with others and act on instructions from supervisors. You will be responsible for assisting in the preparation, cooking and serving of food. You will provide an efficient and polite service to customers. Your duties will include cleaning of the kitchen and all service areas and preparing the dining room before and after service, including setting out of dining room furniture. You should always promote the objectives of Catering Leeds via the provision of a quality service.

You will be motivated and a critical thinker with the ability to understand the needs of your customers. You will need to be friendly and approachable, a team player with a ‘can do’ attitude. With a love of food, you’ll already possess good, practical catering skills, coupled with passion, flair and attention to details.

Previous catering experience is preferred.

This is a term-time only role which requires 39 weeks of working per year, plus 3 cleaning days and 2 training days.

To apply online, please follow this link to the Leeds City Council jobs site: https://leeds.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/15?c=leeds

If you’d like further details about this or other roles we have available, please contact our dedicated recruitment team on 0113 3782323.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates.

Leeds City Council has a minimum salary of £10.90 per hour for all new starters.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

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