Kitchen Assistant

Location: Littleover Community School, Derby

Hours: 12.5 hours per week. Monday to Friday 12.30pm - 3.00pm

Contract type: Permanent, 39 weeks a year, Term Time Only (39 weeks, including Inset days)

Thank you for your interest in joining the Catering Team at Littleover Community School. We are looking for a reliable, enthusiastic and hardworking Kitchen Assistant to help provide a high quality dining experience for our students and staff. This is a rewarding role at the heart of the school community, where you will support the preparation, service and presentation of nutritious meals while maintaining the highest standards of food hygiene, safety and customer service. Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will play an important role in ensuring our students enjoy a positive lunchtime experience and that the catering service operates efficiently each day. This position would suit someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, takes pride in maintaining high standards, and is committed to supporting the wellbeing of young people through the provision of excellent school meals. Full training and ongoing support will be provided where required.

As a school, we are committed to continuous improvement so that we can continue to evolve to match the changing needs of our students, parents and carers, staff and wider school community. Our governors and staff are fully committed to serving the needs of our school community in these challenging social times, including continuing to develop the very strong academic performance of our school. If you feel you could contribute to this vision, we would be very pleased to receive your application.

Littleover Community School is an 11-18 comprehensive, community school. We are a Local Authority maintained school and have a positive working relationship with Derby City Council. For further details regarding this post, please see the attached Applicant Information Pack.

Employment benefits

There are an extensive range of benefits that are available to you as an employee of Littleover Community School.

For your health and wellbeing there is access to a free on site gym and an employee assistance programme.

You will have access to the Derby City Council Rewards platform, which hosts a wide range of benefits such as the Cycle2Work scheme, benefits and offers at an extensive network of retailers, Tusker Car Lease Scheme and more!

These benefits run alongside others such as access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on your role), free on-site car parking, free annual flu jab and a friendly, supportive working environment!

Completed application forms, with a supporting letter explaining why you feel you have the qualifications, experience and personal qualities required for this post, should be returned by email to [email removed]

Littleover Community School is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references

The closing date for this vacancy is Monday 5 October 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

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