Kitchen Assistant

Role: Ref 11413 – Kitchen Assistant

Location: Exeter, Devon

Salary: £25,467 per annum (pro-rata)

Contract/Hours: Permanent Part Time – 20 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 1pm-5pm or 1.30pm-5.30pm) 

Closing Date: Midnight of 20^th June 2025

Benefits:   

• Time off to recharge - 33 Days leave per year  
• 24/7 Confidential Helpline - speak to trained counsellors any time, 365 days a year, for emotional, wellbeing or mental health support. 
• Enhanced Well-being -8 sessions In-Person, Phone, or Online Counselling or CBT 
• Treat yourself - Staff discounts portal and blue light card with 15,000 + retailers
• Childcare Discount – A whopping 60% off childcare within our nurseries and out of school clubs 
• Up to 3 Days Dependency Leave – to care for dependents in an emergency. 
• Paid maternity, adoption, and paternity leave  
• Gain professional qualifications - with excellent training/development opportunities  
• Salary Finance - access to financial advice and the ability to manage savings or loans directly from your salary 
• Secure your future - Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover 

Why Spring Nurseries 

Imagine a place where laughter echoes, imaginations run wild, and every day is a new adventure.  That's Spring Nursery! We're not just a nursery; we are a family dedicated to creating a joyful and nurturing environment where children thrive. As part of Action for Children, we're on a mission to provide outstanding early education that's accessible to all. 

At Spring, we are committed to supporting your career growth! Check out our Spring Career Progression Map attached to this advert, which highlights the options for progression into a specialist role.

A bit about the role  

We are looking for a Kitchen Assistant who is passionate about the importance of nutrition in an early years setting. Being part of the nursery team, you will adhere to our healthy eating menus, assisting the Chef to; plan, order and prepare meals for children ensuring that hygiene standards are adhered to.

What you’ll be doing

In the role of Kitchen Assistant, you’ll be:

• Assisting our Cook in planning healthy meals, that are nutritious, varied and tasty, taking into account the children's dietary and cultural requirements
• Keeping waste to a minimum, to keep our impact on the environment as minimal as it can be, and costs are kept low
• Taking responsibility for the kitchen being kept clean including dishwashing duties daily after every meal/snack time
• Taking responsibility for compliance with all relevant food hygiene and Health & Safety requirements
• Always following latest legislation in relation to food and food hygiene and taking part in all necessary and required training as needed

What we need from you    

In the role of Kitchen Assistant, we’re ideally looking for someone who has:  

• A Basic food hygiene certificate
• A passion for cooking and creating healthy balanced meals
• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience in a similar role working in a catering environment would be advantageous

Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting the above Reference. 

We'll be happy to give you any support you require.  

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion  

At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups.  

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles.  

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice.  

Application Process 

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. 

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying.  

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.   

 
Talent Pool: We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that.  

Want to know more about Spring and Oscars?  

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See below for further information about working with us: 

Employee Reward Booklet 

Spring Early Years Career Pathway 

Job Description