About us
The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.
Job Description
About us
The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.
About The Role
The Sheffield College is a large, vibrant, and diverse further education college and we are proud of how the college contributes to meeting local skills needs and transforms lives through learning.
We have high aspirations and standards for ourselves, and our learners and this role will be a key one in supporting the college’s mission to be consistently great and ensure our students get the qualifications and skills they need to go further in employment, careers, apprenticeships, further training, and university level courses.
This role is responsible as the support function for the curriculum teaching and learning team within the Hospitality and catering department. You will work as part of a team to provide professional, friendly and high quality support to the teaching team to ensure an efficient workshop environment for college students. Accountable to the Kitchen and Stores Team Leader you will play a key role in maintaining a safe and hygienic workplace and ensure that food items are supplied, stored and used appropriately before and after lessons have taken place.
You will work closely with the Kitchen and Stores Team Leader to ensure that deliveries and food stocks are appropriately handled and stored ready for the supply of food orders to practical classes.
The Current Key Objectives For The Role Are
- to provide operational support in meeting the needs of the teaching, learning and commercial operation
- to provide support to the stores supervisor in ordering, storing and issuing food and drink stock
- To support in maintaining statutory compliance with food hygiene and health and safety regulations
Please note the working hours for this role would be 7:30am - 13:30pm.
If you want to find out more about the role please contact Shelley Kirk, Catering Operations Manager at Shelley.Kirk@sheffcol.ac.uk.
What We Can Offer You
As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of £26,395 per annum (this will be pro-rata'd to reflect the weeks worked) based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.
- Our benefits Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA
- Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
- Health and wellbeing, we offer:
- Employee assistance programme through Bupa
- Occupational Health through PAM
- Free eye tests for VDU users
- Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses
Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.
Disability Confident
We are a Disability Confident employer and are committed to removing barriers for applicants with a disability during our recruitment process, upon appointment and as an employee. Please review our Recruitment Guidelines for Disabled Candidates which provides further information on reasonable adjustments and how the Disability Confident scheme works in practice. If you require any reasonable adjustments or any support at any point throughout the process, please contact jobs@sheffcol.ac.uk.
Armed Forces Covenant
As part of our commitment through the Armed Forces Covenant , we’re pledged to support the Armed Forces Community. Recognising the value Personnel, Veterans and military families contribute to our community and country.
Safeguarding
We are an employer who iscommitted to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students. Successful applicants will be required to have an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to safer recruiting procedures. Further details on our safer recruiting procedures, including the employment of ex-offenders can be found here Safeguarding.
As a Leader in Diversity employer, we encourage applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce.
Closing date: 04/09/2026
Please be aware – If we have a high number of applications, we may decide to close the vacancy earlier.
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