Salary: £12.65 per hour
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 11.25 per week, term time only
Location: York, North Yorkshire
We are currently recruiting a Catering Assistant to join our team at Sutton On The Forest Primary School.
What can we offer you?
In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier. These include:
- a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
- salary sacrifice schemes
- employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
- travel loans
- Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.
The Role
As a Catering Assistant, your role will be to support the Catering Manager in delivering an effective catering service, operating to the highest standards of food safety.
Daily, you will be setting up the dining hall, serving meals to students and staff, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining room.
You will be a valued member of our friendly team who is reliable, dependable and committed, working from 11:00 to 13:15, totalling 11.25 hrs per week.
No weekend work!
Term time only
The pay is £12.65 per hour, in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.
We are a ‘fresh food’ organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals and eat well, fuelling their appetite for learning. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children.
Contact and apply
If you would like an informal chat, please contact Geraldine Johnson (Area Manager) on 07974427178 or email Geraldine.johnson@northyorks.gov.uk
Please note: we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.
Key Dates
Closing Date: 18 January 2026
Interview date: To be confirmed
Key Documents
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.
NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.