Catering Assistant – Essex Outdoors Fixed Term, Full Time £12.38 per hour Location: Danbury Working Style: Fixed-base worker Do you love cooking and working with young people? If you are looking for a rewarding and flexible job, you can join Essex Outdoors as a Catering Assistant and help us provide delicious and nutritious meals for our residential visitors. You will be part of a friendly and professional team, and you will have the opportunity to learn new skills and gain valuable experience in the catering industry. To find out more about Essex Outdoors, please click here Essex Outdoors Why work for Essex Outdoors? You will get paid to do what you enjoy: preparing and serving food, washing up, and cleaning the kitchen. You will get access to our in-house training programme and external courses. You will get the chance to work at one of our centres in a beautiful, rural part of Essex, each with its own unique features and activities. Danbury Outdoors is a large centre set on a 70-acre site of beautiful countryside and woodlands. Danbury runs a large range of both land-based and water-based activities. How to apply? If you would like to apply for this position you will need to submit an up to date CV and a personal statement via the Working for Essex website explaining your interest in the role the following information; Availability - What is your earliest start date after the 1st April 2024? Commitments - Please provide the dates of any commitments that mean you are not available to work between April - September 2024, for example booked holiday, university, exams etc. Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest city, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us here. Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. If you would like to be kept up to date on other relevant opportunities, blogs, news, events and industry related news at Essex County Council, please join The Essex Talent Community here. If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email Resourcing.Teamessex.gov.uk Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Further details can be found on our careers page. Downloads Pay and Reward Our Ways of Working About Us Organisation Behaviours