We are looking for a full time housekeeper that supports the day to day running of the children nursery on the housekeeping and cooking responsibilities. This includes, providing a clean and healthy nursery environment in accordance with the policies and procedures of the setting. Ensuring the highest level of Food Hygiene Practice and procedures. Where required in compliance with regulatory & statutory requirements.

• Preparing Healthy Meals on site for the children that attend.
• Maintaining our 5 star Hygiene rating.
• Ordering of food supplies weekly.
• Adhering to strict dietary requirements.
• Cleaning up after meal times.
• Deep cleaning of nursery furniture, toys, and resources.
• Backup for nursery cleaner's holidays.

Detailed responsibilities to include:
- Be able to prepare meals that as well as cleaning up afterwards too. Be able to maintain food hygiene tasks and records e.g. Opening and closing checks, Fridge Temperature recording, Probe Calibration etc.
- Responsible for preparing and cooking a healthy, balanced diet for children aged 3 months to 5 years in accordance with the nursery menus. You will take into daily consideration those children who have special dietary requirements and prepare a suitable alternative.
- Responsible for the safe and hygienic management of the nursery kitchen by ensuring high standards of hygiene and that health and safety is maintained in the kitchen at all times.
- Responsible updating information for ordering, budgeting and stock maintenance for food supplies for the food to be served.
- Responsible for maintaining a 5 star food hygiene rating.
- Responsible for cleaning and vacuuming: to carry out many tasks such as washing dishes, vacuuming both carpeted and hard flooring, cleaning bathrooms, oven cleaning and even dusting.
- Responsible for laundry- to complete your laundry, as well as any other duties you may need help with.
- Responsible to undertake and complete weekly deep cleaning of Kitchen and all pantry areas.
- Responsible for backup for nursery cleaner when the cleaner is on holiday.
Benefits of working with us:

• · Additional leave
• · Childcare discount
• · Company events and celebrations.
• · Discounted or free food
• · Private medical insurance including dental, optician, GP services, physio, counselling services.
• · Wellness programme

Additional benefits include:
1. Employer contribution to Pensions.
2. Access to exclusive discounts with major retailers for staff through my work life solutions / edenred.
3. Staff health Insurance Cash Plan.
4. The nursery is closed between the dates of Christmas and New Year that is part of the statutory holiday entitlement. These dates will be advised to you in advance.
5. Birthday Leave in addition to your statutory holidays.
The successful applicant will have an excellent team working ethic and will be able to bring suggestions and ideas to the setting and enhance our practice.
An enhanced DBS check and two satisfactory professional references are required before any employment can be confirmed.
Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application that you disclose any information requested in respect of applicable convictions and cautions (including, as applicable any reprimands or final warnings).
This post may be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, in which case applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act unless the conviction or caution is “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Any such ‘protected’ conviction or caution is not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. All guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found in the DBS filtering collection, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance . The fact that a pending charge, conviction, caution, reprimand, or final warning has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this role but any failure to disclose any such information will result in dismissal or disciplinary action.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £11.50 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Private dental insurance
• Private medical insurance
• Store discount

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person