Position Start Date: Immediate
Contract Type: Full-time
Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 14/03/2025 Midday
Date of Interviews: w/c 17th March
Working Pattern: Part time, 20 hours per week, Term time only.
About Us
The Gateway Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community (GLC), a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell St Mary in the borough of Thurrock, to the east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative, and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 academies of the GLC, we celebrate differences and pledge that everyone enjoys equality of opportunity and is not discriminated against in any way.
Our Vision
At The Gateway Academy, we are passionate about learning. Our highest priority is to provide an environment to our students that excites, motivates, and challenges them and encourages lifelong learning and an interest in the world around them.
Position Overview
We are looking to recruit a flexible, enthusiastic, and hardworking person to join our team as a part-time catering assistant.
We would like to hear from you if you have a positive 'can do' attitude, are able to work flexibly as part of a team, and have a desire to learn and achieve excellent hygiene and health & safety standards. The main duties of the post are to load hot trolleys and take them to our on-site primary school; set up the dinner hall; help with food preparation and the service of meals to pupils and staff; and to play a major part in clearing up the dinner hall and kitchen during and after service.
Salary and Benefits
Salary: GLC Point 10 £23,966 - Point 11 £24,065 FTE [Actual Pro Rata Salary: £11,111 - £11,156]
Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:
* Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkbox and Westfield Health Insurance
* Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
* 3 hours of planning, preparation, and assessment time [Primary]
* No expectations for teachers to lead after school clubs [Primary]
* Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years of service
* State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
* A paid 'My Day' each year
* Excellent career development and training
* 2-week October half term break
* A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
* Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs
* Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff
* Free Access to the Gateway Academy fitness suite
* GLC Staff Nursery [Competitive rates and term time only]
Application Process
We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to visit our school prior to making an application. Please contact Dionne.Locke@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website and complete an online application form: Application Link
The GLC is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Following safer recruitment procedures, the appointment will be subject to the completion of pre-employment checks, including satisfactory references, medical clearance, and enhanced DBS disclosure.
Safeguarding Commitment
In line with the recommended practice in the statutory guidance 'KCSIE', the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available online to identify issues which call into question the applicants' suitability to work with children and to verify employment history.
Information about the School
At The Gateway Academy, we uphold the highest standards, firmly rooted in our core principles of Responsibility, Resilience, Compassion, and Aspiration. We expect both our staff and students to bring passion and energy in all that they do, playing pivotal roles in fostering a diverse, truly fair, and equal community.
We are resilient and relentless in continuing to ‘improve upon our best’ and offer our staff and students an exceptional experience that is life-changing for all involved. By working together, we make a difference in the life chances of the young people within our care.
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