Nursery Kitchen Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery is an Award Winning provider of high quality early years learning and care looking for a Kitchen Assistant, In line with our commitment to ensuring that our children receive a healthy and nutritious diet we are looking to recruit a Kitchen Pot Wash to support and work with our Nursery Chef.

About the Job role:

The job is based in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

11am -5pm Monday to Friday (hours can be flexible)

Using the commercial dishwasher you will clean away pots, pans, dishes and cutlery.

Occasional support with prepping food.

Help to carry the shopping order up the stairs to the kitchen twice a week.

Work with Nursery Chef

About You:

You should be reliable and hard working

You should have a clear DBS history

You should be able to provide references

About the nursery:

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery, Ridgmont Road has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted since we opened in 2012. It is a 88-place nursery and we look care for children from 3 months to 5 years.

Safeguarding Statement:

Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries are committed to Keeping children safe; therefore,

it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record Disclosure and Barred

check to be undertaken. All posts involving direct contact with children and

vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act

1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)

provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not

subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into

account.  All candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions, you

may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment

process.  If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked

against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your employment

commences.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £10.00-£11.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Childcare
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

• Loyalty bonus
• Signing bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

• St Albans: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Chef: 1 year (preferred)
• Catering: 1 year (preferred)
• Cooking: 1 year (preferred)
• Kitchen experience: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person