East Renfrewshire Council

Catering Assistant - St Ninian's High School - ERN06647

Giffnock G46 6UG

Key information

Pay
£10,245 to £10,405 a year
Hours
Part-time
Contract
Permanent
Workplace arrangement
On-site
Posted date
21 Oct 2026
Closing date
8 Nov 2026

About this role

Job Details

DEPARTMENT

Education

JOB TITLE

Catering Assistant

JOB STATUS

Part Time / Term Time – 39 Weeks

DURATION

Permanent

NUMBER OF VACANCIES

3

GRADE

2

TERM TIME HOURLY RATE

£12.0923 - £12.2816

PRO RATA ANNUAL SALARY

£10,245 - £10,405

HOURS PER WEEK

16.25

WORK PATTERN

Monday – Friday 10:25 – 13:55

LOCATION

St Ninian’s High School

Advert

You will undertake basic preparation of food and beverages, simple cooking, general kitchen and dining room duties, including serving customers, cash handling, washing up, setting up and clearing away equipment and tables and cleaning of the kitchen, its surrounds and equipment.

You should preferably have catering/kitchen experience, although training will be provided.

If you would like a paper copy application form, please contact facilities management on

edfacilitiesmanagement@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or 0141 577 3575.

On completion of additional years of service by 1 January of each year, following the anniversary of the date of appointment, your term time salary will be adjusted to include a payment in lieu of the additional leave day accrued at the beginning of each leave year for the first 10 years of service.

This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check.

Recruitment Dates

Closing date for applications

midnight on Sunday 08 November 2026

Shortleet date

10 November 2026

Interview date

16 November 2026

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact If you would like a paper copy application form, please contact facilities management on

edfacilitiesmanagement@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or 0141 577 3575. (No agencies please)

Additional Information

For details of our employment policies and terms and conditions, please visit our Council Careers page

https://eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/careers

Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work

Please note – East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship.

References – during your application form completion you must provide details of a minimum of 2 referees, 1 of which should be your most recent or current employer. It is also a requirement that the referees are your previous/current managers and are not the details of work colleagues operating at the same level as you or personal referees. Please note only work email addresses for referees will be accepted. Please contact

hrdirect@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk with any questions.

Employability Support – Work East Ren

– For further support on completing job applications, East Renfrewshire residents can access free support from our employability team Work East Ren. They can also provide general support with other employability matters. Please contact Work East Ren on 0141 577 8438, email

worker@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or visit the website

https://www.workeastren.co.uk/

Use of AI in applications

– Please fill out the application using your own words, based on your own experiences. We value authenticity and are genuinely interested in reading candidates’ personally written applications. We therefore ask that candidates do not use AI tools to complete recruitment application forms. Where an application appears to have been AI generated it may result in your application not being considered.