Kitchen Porter

Springwell Alternative Academy; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution in Greater London is looking for a Kitchen Porter to ensure cleanliness and organization in the kitchens. This role involves assisting with deliveries, maintaining hygiene standards, and supporting colleagues in a busy environment. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Kitchen Porter and good communication skills. Benefits like free lunch, parking, and access to sports facilities are included. The position engages with a high-volume catering department serving thousands of meals daily.

Benefits

Free lunch

Free parking

Automatic enrollment in the pension scheme

Use of sports facilities

Subsidised memberships of clubs

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy kitchen environment.
• Ability to follow health and safety guidelines.
• Willingness to work during evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness in the kitchens.
• Assist with kitchen deliveries and cleaning equipment.
• Support Catering Assistants during service.

Skills

Previous experience as a Kitchen Porter

Good communication skills

High standards of personal presentation

Good working knowledge of English

Job description

KITCHEN PORTER

Average of 40 hours per week worked over 5 days out of 7 across a 3-week rota, including evenings and weekends. Split shifts may be required. Term Time 33 weeks plus 7 weeks during holidays.

The role:

Harrow School’s team of Kitchen Porters have the vital role of ensuring the various School kitchens are always clean, organised and tidy and that correct hygiene standards are observed. You will assist with unloading kitchen deliveries, washing kitchen pans/utensils restaurant cutlery/crockery etc., moving and cleaning heavy kitchen equipment and operating using careful use of kitchen chemicals and manual handling techniques. There is also the opportunity to help the Catering Assistants to deliver a smooth catering experience to our staff and customers. Full Job Description can be found as an attachment at the bottom of this page.

The skills:

You will have previous experience as a Kitchen Porter, being used to a busy workplace and using your good communication skills so that you can work safely and support your colleagues. You will have high standards of personal presentation, and pride yourself on providing a clean, safe and well organised kitchen for your colleagues to operate within. A good working knowledge of the English language is necessary to follow important health and safety guidelines.

The benefits include:

• free lunch
• free parking
• automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme
• use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.
• subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

The environment:

Harrow School is situated within a beautiful site in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 840 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. The School’s Catering Department produces over 3,000 meals per day during term time and over 25,000 packed meals per year and all kitchens are modern and extremely well equipped. The Catering Department works closely with Harrow School Enterprises Limited (HSEL), the School’s trading arm, and provides catering and hospitality services for Easter revision courses, residential summer schools and events including conferences, dinners, afternoon teas and wedding receptions.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.

No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly. Online searches will be carried out if you are shortlisted. Please refer to the School's Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy for more details. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants must be willing to undergo enhanced child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with any past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service, and it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.