Kitchen Porter

Full time, 40 hours per week over 52 weeks

Working a shift pattern over Mon – Sun

We are seeking to appoint a full time Kitchen Porter to join our team based at Worth School. You will report to the Head Chef / Second Chef; and will assist in the day to day running and cleaning of the department in compliance with the requirements of the department, food standards and service. Via the completion of equipment maintenance, kitchen hygiene and food preparation.

As the Kitchen Porter, your responsibilities would include:

• Ensuring all equipment, crockery and working areas are kept clean and tidy
• Comply with food hygiene standards and departmental code of practice in the preparation of food
• To continuously review existing procedures and suggest potential improvements and efficiencies
• Support the teams with the safe and efficient running and cleaning of the kitchen

What we are looking for:

• Someone that can work successfully in a team and under minimal supervision
• Someone who can act on their own initiative
• Someone with the ability to read and understand instructions
• Someone that is flexible and can adapt to the changing needs of the school
• Ideally with previous cleaning experience
• Ideally with knowledge of food preparation
• Ideally with awareness of manual handling best practice

The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision, enhanced pension contribution and a death in service insurance. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees.

Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 650 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A-levels in the Sixth Form.

Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department

Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk  

Telephone: 01342 710215

Closing date for applications: 30 November 2024

*We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children, all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

As part of any recruitment process, the organisation collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.