Kitchen General Assistant

Contract: Permanent
WorkingHours: 22.5 hrs (08:30am - 13:00pm - Monday to Friday)
Salary: £25,185.00 - £25,989 (pro rata £15,315.20 - £15,504.12) pa
Location: Kelvedon Park

Closing Date: Tuesday 11th August 2026

The Role

An incredible opportunity to join ouron-siteCatering teamatour Fire and Rescue Headquarters.Our friendly and inclusive teamare searching for a General Kitchen Assistant to join the teamto provide serving and cleaning duties in connection with cateringarrangements.

What You Will Be Working On

• Carrying out duties under the direction of our Catering team including cleaning, moving and laying tables/chairs and any other locations relating to the function.
• Replenishment and cleaning of the vending machine and washing up.
• Serving food to the canteen users and guests, handling money/till work
• Reviewing stock levels
• Assisting with the preparation and ordering of food as required, assisting with booking hospitality
• Assist with the maintenance of cleanliness and hygiene standards
• Delivery of hospitality beverages and food
• See in goods in/deliveries
• To ensure that attitudes and behaviours displayed in the food preparation and service areas are reflective of an appropriate commercial catering facility
• Support the Catering team with Hospitality deliveries (with use of company vehicle)
• Positively contribute to a safe working environment

What Are We Looking For?

Our ideal candidate wouldhave

• Level 2 standard of educations (eg GCSE)
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (desirable)
• Experience of working within the Catering industry (desirable)
• Good communicator
• Experience in customer service
• Full UK Driving licence (essential)

If you are an internal candidate, youmusthave discussed your application with your line manager and confirmed with them there are no outstanding issues of conduct or performance. This will be verified prior to shortlisting.

Assessment andselection:

The assessment and selection approach will be:

Application & shortlisting (assessment of your supporting statement will be made against the essential criteria)

Role specific panelinterview.Interviews are expected to be held on either 20 or 21 August. Shortlisted candidates will beallocatedone interview date.

Should you wish to have an informal discussion with regards to the role, please

Our Culture and Benefits

Here at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service we are committed to prioritising and promoting the wellbeing of our employees.

You can find out more about our benefits at

Important Information for Firefighter Pension Scheme Pensioners

If you are currently in receipt of a pension from the Firefighter Pension Scheme, please note that taking up this role may affect your pension. Under pension abatement rules, if your earnings in this role, when combined with your pension, exceed your pre-retirement salary (adjusted for inflation), your pension may be reduced.

For further guidance, please contact our Pensions team on or .

Safeguarding

Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Fire and Rescue Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

It is our policy to require all applicants for employment todiscloseif you are currently being investigated by any regulatory body or have any decisions or sanctions pending or in progress in respect of your suitability to work for the Service.

You agree to inform the Service within 24 hours if you aresubsequentlyinvestigated by any agency or organisation in relation to concerns about your behaviour towards children, youngpeopleor vulnerable adults.

The information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and will be considered only in relation to the appointment for which you are applying.

This role will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Disability Confident

We are anequal opportunities, Disability Confident,employer who welcomes applications from everyone and values diversity in our workplace. A commitment to promoting diversity and developing a work environment where all staff are treated with dignity and respect is central to our recruitment processand all applications will be considered solely on merit.
As part of our offer to support all our candidates to perform to the best of their abilitiesduring our recruitment and selection processesand we would liketo let you know about a couple of support options you can access, should you wish to,includingour employee forums, who are keen and willing to support all of our potentialcolleagues.

Our employee forums and partners include:

Asian Fire Services Association (AFSA), BEING (our LGBTQ+ employee support network), Christian Fellowship, Ethnic Minority Forum, Men's Forum, and our Women's Forum. In addition, we also have a femalefirefightersoperational group.
Further to the above, the Servicehasa Digital Accessibility Inclusion Group (DAIG) that supports all colleagues to improve their digital skills and providesadditionalsupport and guidance to colleagues with neurodivergent strengths and strugglesas a result ofdyslexia, ADHD, Autism, dyspraxia etc. We want everyone to thrive at work,and so we encourage and enablepeopleto access digital tools to helpthemperform at your best. The DAIG is a group of colleagues from across the Service that unite to support othersas a result oftheir lived experience and desire to make a difference. They support people with a range of visible and invisible disabilities toidentifyand access digital workplace adjustments and solutions and may be able toassistwith your application too.

Should you wish to discuss support, or access further information,from one of these groups, please
You are also able to raise any queries or requests for support, including any adjustments you mayrequire, at any stage of the processby email
You can find out more about Essex County Fire & Rescue Service via about our vacanciesandapplication processesvia