Food Servery and Plate Wash Assistants

This is a great opportunity to gain experience in catering and hospitality and develop your skills working with a supportive catering team.

The Catering Department manages a varied event calendar which includes charity balls, boarding house dinners, fine dining and catering for sports and summer schools.

You will prepare the counters for service, serve food, work to ensure that the service runs well and will work within the plate wash facility, as directed.

You will also carry out other general duties within the department, including cleaning.

Catering experience is not essential and we can provide training in Level 2 Food Safety Hygiene.

We also offer the following benefits:

• A friendly and inclusive working environment
• Free Nuffield Health Gym membership (including membership for your partner and children under the age of 21)
• Free on-site car parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Defined contribution pension scheme with Scottish Widows. The standard employee contribution rate is 5% with the employer contributing 8%. Enhanced contributions by the employee will be matched by the employer, up to the cap of 12%

Full job descriptions are available below:

Full job description for the role of full-time Food Servery and Plate Wash Assistants

Full job description for the role of part-time Food Servery and Plate Wash Assistants

Application forms can be found in the blue ‘useful links’ box to the right, or below, depending on your device. Completed forms should be emailed to recruitment@stedwardsoxford.org or posted to Recruitment, St Edward’s School, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 7NN.

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 18th June 2025.  We reserve the right to conduct interviews and appoint for the role before the advertised closing date should a suitable candidate be found. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

St Edward’s does not accept applications from recruitment agencies.

St Edward’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.

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