Kitchen Assistant

Kitchen Assistant

Location: Coventry
Salary: £27,300 per annum plus excellent benefits
Schedule: 40 hours per week- 7.30am- 7:30pm shifts- 4 on 4 off (must be flexible to work weekends and weekdays)

Ready to impact a better future?

As a Kitchen Assistant in our Asylum accommodation and Support Services, you’ll help deliver safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate meals within the Initial Accommodation setting. You’ll work as part of a supportive catering team, playing an important role in ensuring food is prepared, stored and served in line with all relevant regulations and standards.

Your work will help create impactful solutions by supporting people in a sensitive environment, maintaining high standards of food safety and hygiene, and contributing to a respectful, inclusive and caring service that makes a positive impact each day.

What you’ll do as a Kitchen Assistant

You’ll be entrusted to:

• Work with the Field Operations Manager and Catering team to deliver catering services across the establishment, complying with all Health and Safety and Food Safety regulations.
• Assist with preparing and providing varied, healthy meals, including support for special diets, religious requirements and special events.
• Support food preparation, production and general kitchen cleaning as required.
• Ensure the safety and security of food during delivery, storage and distribution within the kitchen.
• Dispose of and recycle food waste using approved methods.
• Complete and maintain accurate records in line with food hygiene, HACCP, Health and Safety and company policies.
• Support the catering team in responding to complaints and identifying trends constructively.
• Undertake other reasonable duties in line with the role and your capabilities.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Hold Level 2 Food Safety certificate- essential
• A commitment to working within Justice and Immigration services.
• Experience working in a people‑centred, socially diverse environment with a strong team ethic.
• A good working knowledge of large‑scale catering operations, ideally with experience in a similar role.
• Willingness to complete Level 2 Allergens in Catering training during your probation period.
• A positive, flexible approach and the ability to work well as part of a team.

Vetting and checks:

An Enhanced DBS check is required for this role. This includes spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and any relevant information held by local police, in accordance with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and safeguarding requirements. You will also complete an Occupational Health Questionnaire to allow us to provide any support needed for you to succeed in the role.

Discover all you need to keep growing

We’re one of the top 1% of international employers, so you can have confidence you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with leaders you can count on to help you achieve your goals. From mentoring and training to our focus on internal progression, we’re proud to offer clear development opportunities – and the support and tools to help you seize them.

What we offer

• Holidays:  25 days plus bank holidays (and the option to buy up to five additional leave days each year)
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Training and development: Access to internal training and qualifications to support your development
• Health and wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support
• Discounts: Discounts across a wide range of retailers and services
• Employee networks: Our networks support inclusion, collaboration and belonging for colleagues from all backgrounds

Let’s impact a better future, together. Apply today.

About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services.  We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.

By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. 

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Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.  For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000.
 

At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.