Food and Nutrition Technician (Part Time)
Job Ref No. ECC0-161S Position Type: Administration Pay Range: Competitive
Position Start Date: 01/09/2025 Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 06/08/2025 Midday Date of Interviews: 13 August 2025
Brentwood School is looking for a well-organised and enthusiastic Food & Nutrition Technician to support teaching staff and classes in the Food and Nutrition areas. This term-time only role is 30 hours per week across four days: 8am -4:15pm, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (7.5 hours per day, plus 45 minutes for lunch). You will help prepare food and equipment, maintain hygiene standards, and support students with practical tasks.
Key responsibilities include purchasing and organising materials, preparing for lessons, maintaining stock and safety checks on equipment, and ensuring the department is clean and well-ordered. Flexibility, initiative, and a genuine passion for food are essential, along with good time management and communication skills.
We're seeking someone friendly, dependable, and able to work independently or as part of a team. You'll also assist with occasional school events outside normal hours.
Our motto, "Virtue, Learning, Manners", taken from the School statutes of 1622, encapsulates our vision for our students and staff. As an academic institution, we recognise the importance of investing in our people and the value of continuing professional development.
Competitive salary
Optional subsidised private health care
Free School lunches during term time
Employee Support Programme
Cashplan scheme with discounts for hundreds of high street and online brands
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free Brentwood School Sports Centre membership
Free on-site parking
Warm working environment, stunning school grounds and positive culture
The excellent attitude and behaviour of the pupils
Small class sizes
Outstanding resources
Free tickets to all of our regular high-quality concerts, musicals, shows, recitals and other entertainment held at School
(Not a contractual benefit)
For further information about working at Brentwood School, please refer to our school website www.brentwoodschool.co.uk
To apply for this position, please complete the School application form and return it, along with a covering letter and CV, by email to: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk by the closing date indicated. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.
Information about the School
Brentwood School is one of the UK's leading independent day and boarding schools for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 with a history spanning almost 500 years. We are an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. Along with 12 other schools in the country, we follow the 'Diamond Model' whereby girls and boys are taught together up to age 11, separately from 11 to 16 and together again in the Sixth Form. Set within a 75-acre site, in the heart of Brentwood town and just 20 minutes from London Liverpool Street, our campus provides a stimulating environment for innovative teaching and a first-class education for over 1600 pupils."
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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