Catering Assistant

Salary £23,315 pro rata per annum

Location Scunthorpe, England

The vacancy

Join our friendly catering team and help deliver an outstanding service to staff and students.
We are looking for a motivated and customer-focused Catering Assistant to provide high-quality food service across our college sites. You will play a key role in preparing and serving food and drinks, maintaining excellent hygiene standards, and ensuring a positive experience for all customers.

Actual Salary: £13,810.92 per annum

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday (9:00am - 2:00pm) 25 hours a week

Essential Criteria

Relevant Food Hygiene qualification (or willingness to work towards)
Recent experience in a similar catering role
Strong customer service skills
Ability to work flexibly across sites and as part of a team
Experience of food preparation, cooking and service

Key Responsibilities

Assist in the preparation of food, snacks and drinks within on-site catering facilities
Maintain high standards of cleanliness and food hygiene in kitchen and dining areas
Provide prompt, efficient and friendly service to customers
Report customer requests and complaints promptly to the Catering Manager
Work collaboratively with the catering team and support wider Estates and Facilities services

Why Join Us?

Competitive salary
30 Bookable annual leave days, bank holidays, and 2 weeks off at Christmas.
Professional development opportunities.
Access to same-day GP appointments, high street discounts, discounted hair and beauty treatments, electric car scheme.
On-site gym & florist (site dependent).
Access to our In-house Food Hall & Coffee Shops.

Additional Information

Safer Recruitment: As part of the recruitment process and in line with keeping children safe in education, we will conduct social media checks on shortlisted candidates. Additionally, before commencing employment, all employees undergo safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS.
Right to Work: Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Closing date: 4th January 2026

For further information about this role, please contact staff.recruitment@dncolleges.ac.uk.

About us

North Lindsey College has been a key training provider in Scunthorpe for over 60 years, helping thousands of people throughout the years to go on to achieve their dreams.

We offer post-16 study programmes, apprenticeships, traineeships, part-time short courses and Higher Education programmes.

Across all of our provision we work closely with employers across every sector in this region and further afield, to help you gain the skills you need to progress into your chosen career.

The benefits

All employees at DN Colleges Group enjoy a generous annual leave allowance, as well as an additional 2 weeks closure over the Christmas period. We encourage all our teams to take regular breaks, no longer than 3 weeks, to enjoy a healthy work life balance.

DN Colleges Group are committed to Health and Wellbeing of all our employees. We have an increasing number of provisions exclusive to our employees, designed to help you stay at your best or to assist and provide support when you need it.

On site
nursery

Generous annual leave

2 weeks off at Christmas

Electric car scheme

Vivup – Employee Wellbeing and Benefits platform
Wellness initiatives, onsite during your working week. This could include health visitors, financial advisers, or physio specialists.
Onsite fitness classes, at lunchtime or after work in conjunction with our Sports colleagues.
Cycle to Work and Electric car scheme
Free Eye Care Vouchers
Discounted Hair and Beauty services
On site nursery
Online access to Remploy which is our 24/7 confidential mental health and counselling resource.
In house counselling/safeguarding specialists to assist in Wellbeing

Lets Teach Programme
Let’s Teach The LET’s teach programme supports new members of teaching staff in terms of college systems and key teaching and learning areas including new staff lesson visits and postcard peeps. Each new member of staff has an allocated Lead Practitioner who works closely with them throughout the programme.

Let’s Bloom
The LET’s Bloom Programme aims to connect our experienced and qualified teachers to share best practice and support continued risk-taking as we continue to add depth to our teaching craft. Teachers volunteer on this one year programme, working closely with the Learning Enhancement Team, capturing their experimentation in a journal.

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