Salary: 13.28 per hour + mileage allowance
Contract: Relief
Hours: Relief
Location: Whitby, North Yorkshire and surrounding area including Scarborough
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 encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.
We are currently recruiting a Relief Mobile Catering Assistant to join our team at various schools across the East of the county, catering for a varied number of meals per day depending on the schools’ requirements.
As a Mobile Catering Assistant your role will require you to support the team to deliver an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. Your role will require you to assist the cooks and teams to help prepare food products, serve meals to students and staff, setting up and the clearing away the dining hall, washing up as well as assist with other kitchen duties, maintaining high standards of cleanliness.
Your role will require you to travel significantly within the county as directed by the area management team. Full driving license and use of a personal vehicle is required with business use insurance and a mileage allowance of 55p per mile will be paid. Or the ability to travel to multiple remote locations.
As a valued member of our hardworking team, you will be reliable, dependable and committed to providing healthy wholesome dishes. You’ll typically work various hours per week, usually 9:00- 14:00 Monday to Friday so no weekend work!
You will work term time only. For this you will be paid £13.28 per hour.
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
· Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme
This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer.
Contact
If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Elaine Clemit (Area Manager) on 07816251202 or email at elaine.clemit@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.
Interviews will take place at a NYC location near you
Key dates:
Closing date: 31.08.2026
Interview date: TBC
Key Documents:
Job description.pdf
Total Rewards Brochure
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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.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
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