Salary: £13.28 per hour
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours:  6.25 per week, term time only
Location: York, North Yorkshire – Clifton Green Primary School

We have an opportunity to join our award-winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious, home-cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are a ‘fresh food’ organisation that encourages children and young people to choose nutritious meals, eating well and fuelling their appetite for learning.

We are currently recruiting a Catering Assistant to join our team at Clifton Green Primary School.  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. On a daily basis you will be serving meals to students and staff, pot washing and cleaning the kitchen.

You will be a valued member of our friendly team who is reliable, dependable and committed, working from 12:00 to 13:15 totalling to 6:25 hrs per week. No weekend work! You will work term time weeks only; however, you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.28 per hour in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

What can we offer you?

You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought:

• Competitive rate of pay
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days, increasing with continuous service, paid pro rata as part of annual salary
• Access to a range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

If you would like an informal chat, please contact Geraldine Johnson (Area Manager) on 07974427178 or email at 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 Documents

Job description.docx
Total rewards | North Yorkshire Council

Key Dates

Closing Date: 10 May 2026

Interview Date: 19 May 2026
Venue for Interview: Microsoft Teams

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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. 

North Yorkshire Council’s purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.