Nursery Kitchen and Domestic Assistant

Overview

Role: Kitchen and Domestic Assistant

Location: Childbase Partnership Head Office, Newport Pagnell, MK16 8NJ

Contract: Permanent 30 hours/week 52 weeks/year

Working pattern: Monday-Friday between 08:30-15:00

Salary: £25,096.50 per annum (pro rata) £12.87 per hour

This role supports the smooth running of the Head Office kitchen and helps provide a welcoming, well organised kitchen and communal environment for colleagues and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Office Chef with food preparation, meal service and catering for Head Office colleagues, nursery colleagues visiting from nurseries, meetings, training days, events and ad hoc requirements.
• Maintain high kitchen standards by keeping crockery, cutlery, utensils, equipment, surfaces, floors, cupboards, drawers, storage areas, cookers, dishwashers, refrigeration units and probes clean, safe and ready to use.
• Follow food safety procedures, including stock rotation, correct food storage and dating, allergen and dietary processes, food hygiene, HACCP, COSHH, Health and Safety requirements and company procedures.
• Support the kitchen in the Chef's absence, including accepting deliveries, preparing and serving meals, placing food supply orders where required and completing all relevant checks and paperwork within agreed timescales.
• Keep communal spaces welcoming: ensure coffee areas are clean and stocked, coffee machines are maintained, tables are wiped down after lunch service, plants watered as required and spills or ad hoc cleaning needs dealt with promptly.

About you

• Practical, organised and proactive with pride in keeping spaces clean, tidy, stocked and safe; able to manage varied tasks throughout the day.
• Confident in supporting food preparation and service; comfortable working in a kitchen and willing to prepare and serve food when the Chef is absent, with training and guidance in place.
• Team player with professional communication, able to support colleagues and provide a welcoming service to Head Office users and visitors.
• Safety conscious with understanding of food hygiene, allergen, dietary, Health and Safety, COSHH and risk assessment procedures; ask questions when unsure.
• Committed to learning and continual professional development through company and local training opportunities.

About us

• Employee-owned: every colleague is a partner with a voice and may receive an annual tax free dividend.
• Ranked top of the Nursery World league tables for Ofsted outcomes.
• Community driven: supported causes and charitable fundraising; environmental responsibility with Green Flag awards and 100% renewable energy.

Requirements and terms

• Inclusive employer and commitment to FREDIE (fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion, and engagement); consideration of reasonable adjustments.
• Applicants must reside within a commutable distance of the nursery and have suitable Right to Work in the UK; VISA sponsorship is not available.
• Safer recruitment checks apply, including an Enhanced DBS check.