Hours: 25 hours per week (09.30am to 2.30pm) / 36 weeks per annum

Salary: £10,665 per annum + £1,990 holiday pay (Tier 8, £22,864 Full-Time Equivalent)

Location: The role is based at the Gravesend Campus, but the nature of the work may require travel to any of the College sites.

North Kent College (including Hadlow College) is proudly rated as an Ofsted 'Good’ provider, with 'Outstanding’ learner behaviours and attitudes (April 2024). With four campuses across Kent and 4,000 students, we strive to equip the young people who study here with an inclusive and innovative education experience to enhance their future career prospects, which, as noted by Ofsted, is supported through our high-quality, industry standard facilities. Each and every staff member plays a key part in delivering the success of our learners’ experience, and we want those who join our curriculum and support teams to share our passion in achieving this.

Working within the College’s Gravesend Refectory team, the Catering Assistant will be responsible for completing tasks as dircted to maximise the enjoyment of visitors.

You will be expected to promote a positive atmosphere, allowing customers to have a memorable visit as a result of excellent customer service and an outstanding eating experience.

You will need to provide exemplary customer service to all who visit the refectory and to ensure that there is an excellent welcome for all learners and visitors. To convey knowledge to visitors on what the refectory offers and special eating needs/allergies.

To be successful in this role you will need to have a basic food hygiene certificate, knowledge of till operation, good level of literacy and numeracy, excellent communication and customer skills as well as the experience of working as part of a team.

As part of the staff of North Kent College Business Services Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of North Kent College), you can look forward to a generous benefits offer, enrolment onto the People’s Partnership pension scheme, free parking, and access to a range of onsite facilities (including restaurants and coffee shops).

For a full job description and to apply, please visit North Kent College’s staff vacancies page.

The closing date for applications is Sunday, 08th June 2025, but we reserve the right to close before this date if the quality of existing applications allows.

North Kent College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff have a responsibility to share and maintain this commitment. In line with the requirements of 'Keeping Children Safe in Education’, appropriate safeguarding checks (including an enhanced DBS check) will be undertaken on all individuals selected for appointment. Posts at the College, a specified establishment where the work gives opportunity for contact with children, are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to complete and submit prior to their interview a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Further guidance / information from the Ministry of Justice can be found on GOV.UK.