What skills and experience we're looking for
FOOD TECHNICIAN
Contract term: Permanent
Start date: Immediate start
Contract type: 19.5 hours per week – Term time +INSET days
Working Pattern: Monday, Tuesday & Friday – Friday 8.30am – 3.30pm
Salary: Scale 3 Point 5 – 6
Actual Salary: £11658 - £11994 pa (inc. fringe)
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly organised Food Technician to join the Food Technology & Nutrition department.
The role will provide support to the food department, duties to include the preparation and support of practical lessons, as well as the organisation and maintenance of specialist equipment and resources.
The most important resource in any school is its staff and we attribute the success ofRoding Valley High School to our committed and enthusiastic staff. If you’d like to meet them, please clickhere. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a thriving, forward thinking school.
We can offer:
• a friendly and supportive working environment
• a comprehensive induction programme and the opportunity to engage in further professional development
• full training and support
• cycle to work Scheme
• freshly made food on-site delivered through our excellent canteen facilities
You will be joining a great school with enthusiastic and dedicated leaders at senior and middle leadership levels and a commitment to the professional development of staff. RVHS is keen to embrace an approach that is centred on teaching and learning and academic attainment for our students. RVHS is an 11-18 school in Essex, that enjoys a strong reputation in the local area and benefits from excellent transport links, including being adjacent to Loughton tube station (Central Line).
The specific roles and responsibilities of the food technician are:
• To be responsible for preparing and checking online orders for the department and maintaining stock levels
• To ensure items are laundered where necessary and equipment cleaned after use
• To ensure all demonstration materials, equipment and provisions are available for use by the teaching staff. This includes the purchase of items from online or local retail outlets
• To carry out minor repairs and maintenance of kitchen equipment where possible and arrange for specialist outside companies to attend to more complex problems
• To give support to teachers in preparing theory work
• To maintain records for practical lessons
• To be available to assist with any problems that may arise in the department
Please see the full person specificationhere.
For further information see the websitehttps://rodingvalley.net/
For further information please contact Email
Closing date: Noon on Thursday 17th April 2025
Interviews will take place on TBC
Whilst there is a published closing date for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close theadvertearly if we receive sufficient applications. Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.
As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.
In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.
What the school offers its staff
he Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to:
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;
• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;
• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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