Kitchen Assistant – CherryHarbour Day Nursery Monday–Friday • 40 hours per week • All Year Round Salary: £26,436 per annum CherryHarbour Day Nursery is looking for a friendly, reliable and enthusiastic Kitchen Assistant to join our warm and welcoming team. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys working around food, loves supporting children’s wellbeing, and thrives in a nurturing, homely environment. The Nursery is a purpose-built nursery across two sites located in Hayling Island, Hampshire. At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth Your Key Responsibilities As our Kitchen Assistant, you will play an important role in ensuring children receive nutritious meals in a safe and clean environment. Your duties will include: Preparing and organising food ingredients Supporting the chef with serving meals and managing allergy requirements Maintaining excellent hygiene standards across the kitchen and dining areas Completing hygiene checklists and adhering to Cleaning Schedules Receiving, rotating and organising food stock Monitoring cooking times and temperatures Loading/unloading the dishwasher Light cleaning and household duties Assisting in nursery rooms when required What We’re Looking For Essential: Experience managing dietary requirements and food allergies Knowledge of COSHH Experience in cooking within domestic or commercial settings Fluent written and spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent) Desirable: Experience preparing meals for young children Why Family First? At Family First, we embrace diversity, individuality and the true meaning of belonging. We’re a family in every sense—bringing together people of different ages, backgrounds, cultures, genders and skillsets. Every person helps define who we are. We are: Defined by Family. We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty. Ellingham House Day Nursery is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group. Benefits At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including: Annual Leave: Starting at 24 days, plus a paid day off for your birthday and bank holidays Discounts: 75% off nursery fees for our team member’s Wellbeing: Confidential employee assistance helpline available Development: Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your career growth