26 Nov 2025

Part time General Assistant – Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council – Posted by All Jobs Centre UK Staff Birmingham

Job Description

General Assistant

Permanent

Grade A – £24,796 – £28,142

Consultation grade – subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

10 hours per week term time only

£13.03 per hour working (Monday – Friday)

 

New Oscott Primary School, Markham Rd, Royal Sutton Coldfield B73 6QR

General Assistant

Times are 12pm – 2pm

Cityserve is the Birmingham City Council multi- award winning catering service for school meals providing fresh and nutritious food for school kitchen across the UK, healthy eating is a continuous theme throughout all of our menus and we are committed to the wellbeing of pupils. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, delivers excellent customer service and is able motivate and support team members.

As a General Assistant, your responsibilities will include:

  • Assist in the preparation and cooking meals for pupils
  • Assisting with all aspects of the service
  • Assist keeping the kitchen clean & tidy, washing up sweeping and mopping
  • To assist with setting up of dining room, putting out furniture
  • Willing to attend training sessions classroom and online
  • To be aware of the pupils needs, dietary and allergen requirements

You will work collaboratively with managers and supervisors to ensure the first-class delivery of food in schools kitchens both in and outside of performance times.

Key Requirements

About You; Essential:

  • Good people skills
  • Passion about food and customer service
  • Great team player
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Food Safety Level 2

Skills & experience

Desirable:

  • Experience in a similar environment
  • High standards and quality driven
  • A ‘can do’ attitude
  • Working times are Monday – Friday term time

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements , before any employment offer can be confirmed.

General Assistant JDPS.docx

Location : Birmingham

Closing Date : 2025-12-09

HOW TO APPLY

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Job Categories: Customer Service jobs and Jobs in Birmingham. Job Types: Part time. Job Tags: Birmingham City Council jobs. Salaries: GBP 0-1000.

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