Catering Assistant - Wicklewood Primary School

Norse Group; Wicklewood; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A catering company is looking for a part-time Catering Assistant to join Wicklewood Primary School. This role requires a passion for food and supporting young people's mealtime experience. You will prepare and serve lunches, maintaining excellent hygiene standards. Previous catering experience is a plus, but enthusiasm for good food is enough. The position offers training and professional development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Fully funded accredited courses

Flexible benefits package

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Candidates should have previous catering experience or a passion for cooking and baking.
• High standards of hygiene and cleanliness are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support with the preparation and serving of lunches.
• Maintain high standards of hygiene in the kitchen and serving areas.
• Ensure an engaging experience during mealtimes.

Skills

Catering experience

Passion for good food

Hygiene and cleanliness

Job description

Catering Assistant – Wicklewood Primary School

Wymondham, Norfolk -NR18 9QJ

£12.21/hour, equivalent to £24,761.88 pro-rata

10 hours per week

11:30am-1:30pm, Monday to Friday

Join the team at Norse Catering and help make a difference to the lives of people through delivering healthy, nutritious, and balanced meals. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.

As we continue to deliver our key frontline services across the region, we are looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to work on-site at Wicklewood Primary School working Monday to Friday, 10 hours per week.

A day in the life:

You will become an integral part of the school team, supporting with the preparation and serving of lunches for young people and school staff, ensuring an engaging and interactive experience for all.

Upholding our high level of hygiene and cleanliness is vital which includes setting up service areas from the kitchen or dining areas, so they are ready to enjoy mealtimes and tidying away once service is completed.

About you:

If you have previous catering experience, then we would love to hear from you.

However, we have worked hard to create an extensive induction and excellent training programmes that means if you enjoy home cooking and baking and have a passion for good food, we can help you learn to adapt to a commercial catering environment!

Alongside this, we are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and who share our core values:

• We care completely.
• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

Why work for Norse Catering?

It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

From day one of your career, you will have access to a flexible benefits package which offers real value

All salaries for part-time positions are worked out pro-rata of the full‑time equivalent salary shown in the advert, calculated on your contracted hours per week.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Due to the high number of applications we receive for our vacancies, if you do not hear from us within two weeks of the date you apply, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.