Catering Assistant

Location: York, North Yorkshire - Clifton Green Primary

We have an opportunity to join our award winning Facilities Management catering team where you will be providing tasty, nutritious home cooked meals made from locally sourced fresh produce. We are a 'fresh food' organisation encouraging children and young people to choose nutritious meals. We are proud to offer a wide choice of healthy options to our children encouraging them to eat well and fuelling their appetite for learning.

We are currently recruiting a Catering Assistant to join our team at Clifton Green Primary School. As a Catering Assistant your role will be to support the Catering Manager in delivering an effective catering service operating to the highest standards of food safety. On a daily basis you will be preparing, serving meals to students and staff, washing up and cleaning down the kitchen. You will be a valued member of our friendly team who is reliable, dependable and committed working from 09:00 am to 13:30 pm totalling 22.5 hrs per week. No weekend work! You will work term time weeks only however you will receive equal monthly payments throughout the year. For this you will be paid £13.28 per hour in addition to annual holiday and Bank Holiday entitlement.

What can we offer you?

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier. These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 18.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more
• travel loans
• Health Assured - confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.

More information:

If you would like an informal chat please contact Geraldine Johnson (Area Manager) on or email at

Key dates:

Interview date: 03.06.2026 - Please note we will be interviewing whilst the role is live and reserve the right to close the advert should suitable candidates be appointed.

Venue for Interview: Clifton Green Primary

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council's purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other's contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.