Catering Assistant | Moor Park High School

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Lancashire County Council is hiring a part-time Catering Assistant to join Moor Park High School in Preston on a temporary term-time contract until January 2027, offering 7.5 hours per week (1.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday). The role involves helping prepare, cook and serve healthy meals, keeping catering areas and equipment clean, and contributing to a friendly school team. This is a great fit if you enjoy teamwork, stay calm under pressure, and have strong customer service skills; catering experience is a bonus but not essential. Prepare for a DBS check, review the closing date, and tailor your application to show your term-time availability and initiative.

Salary £13.45 per hour | Part time | 7.5 hours per week | Term Time only | Fixed term until January 2027 , Variable hours | Moor Park High School | Preston

Catering Assistant - Moor Park High School 

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Looking for a role that fits around your life? As a Catering Assistant at Moor Park High School, you’ll enjoy a great work-life balance with no evening, weekend, or school holiday shifts. This is the perfect opportunity if you’re looking for a rewarding role during school hours.

This role also includes additional benefits like our Viv-up scheme and our pension scheme.

Lancashire County Council provides catering services to over 500 schools across the county, serving more than 60,000 meals every day. Now, we’re looking for someone like you to join our dedicated team.

In this role, you will:

• Be part of a friendly and supportive High School team
• Help prepare, cook, and serve healthy, balanced meals to students
• Keep catering areas and equipment clean and hygienic

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Enjoy working as part of a team
• Can stay calm under pressure and use your initiative
• Have great customer service skills
• Have experience in catering or food preparation (this is a bonus, not a must!)

Working Hours:

• Monday to Friday 
• 1.5 hours per day
• 7.5 hours per week – term time only

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab. 

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, found on our website here.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

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