Our client, an educational establishment located near Sidcup, is seeking an experienced Kitchen Porter to join their friendly, professional team.
Hours: 7.30 am – 3.00 pm – Monday to Friday – 35-hour week (Term Time Only plus possibility of 4 weeks in the Summer Holidays)
12 weeks Temp-Perm for the right person.
The core purpose of this post is to provide a comprehensive, professional catering service and dining experience to the whole school community.
Specific Responsibilities of This Post
- To ensure that you are an effective member of the catering team, ensuring that the area you are responsible for is to the standards expected at the school.
- To ensure the kitchen is a safe environment to be in – moving items and putting away deliveries safely.
- To assist in the preparation of the food for mealtimes, including service at breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
- To work within the Health and Safety framework.
- To clean working areas, including equipment and utensils.
Duties will include:
- To comply with all the appropriate legal and hygiene requirements in the kitchen, and other areas of work.
- To always ensure the cleanliness and tidiness of all catering areas.
- To put away and store correctly deliveries – includes an element of heavy lifting.
- To assist in food stocktaking.
- To maintain the school’s standard of hygiene and cleanliness for all items of equipment, including the operation of mechanical dishwashers and manual washing up of all equipment.
- To ensure a high standard of personal and general cleanliness and hygiene to comply with statutory and company regulations.
- To ensure that temperature controls are taken and recorded where relevant, and that any discrepancies are reported immediately.
- To report any customer complaints or compliments to the Catering Manager as necessary.
- To report immediately any incidents of accident, fire, theft, loss, damage and take such action as may be appropriate if possible.
- To prepare food, salads etc., if required.
- To observe “Clean Food” practices in all food production.
- To attend meetings and training courses as necessary.
- To cover for other members of staff during periods sickness or other absence.
Candidates must already hold a valid Enhanced DBS Certificate for this role.
Please Note:
Due to the high volume of CVs we receive it is not viable for us to respond to individuals. If you have not received a response within 7 days then please kindly assume your application has been unsuccessful in this instance.