Job Description

General Assistant

Permanent

Grade A - 24,796 - 28,142

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

10 hours per week, working times 11:30-13:30

General Assistant working Monday - Friday term time only

Victoria School,

Bell Hill, Birmingham B31 1LD

Cityserve is the Birmingham City Council multi- award winning catering service for school meals providing fresh and nutritious food for school kitchen across the UK, healthy eating is a continuous theme throughout all of our menus and we are committed to the wellbeing of pupils. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, delivers excellent customer service and is able motivate and support team members.

The Role

As a General Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

Assist in the preparation and cooking meals for pupils Assisting with all aspects of the service Assist keeping the kitchen clean & tidy, washing up sweeping and mopping To assist with setting up of dining room, putting out furniture Willing to attend training sessions classroom and online To be aware of the pupils needs, dietary and allergen requirements
You will work collaboratively with managers and supervisors to ensure the first-class delivery of food in schools kitchens both in and outside of performance times.

Key Requirements

About You; Essential:

Good people skills Passion about food and customer service Great team player Good verbal and written communication skills Food Safety Level 2
Skills & experience

Desirable:

Experience in a similar environment Food Safety Level 2 or working towards High standards and quality driven A 'can do' attitude Working times are Monday - Friday term time

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

DELETE IF NOT GRADE 6 & 7 ONLY

- We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.


Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.


We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.


For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk


A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.


Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements , before any employment offer can be confirmed.


Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.


and Person Specification - Copy of General Assistant - JDPS.pdf