Casual Plate Wash Assistant

Job description

Salary:                  £12.71 per hour

Job type:             Casual

Hours:                 Lunch time: 12.00pm – 15.00pm & Dinner Time: 18.00pm – 23.00pm

St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint a casual plate wash assistant to carry out cleaning duties within the pot wash, kitchen and associated areas.

Principal Responsibilities include:

To maintain a hygienically clean and safe environment for staff, the post holder will be responsible for:

• Washing up of all cutlery, crockery and glassware and any other related equipment

• Cleaning of the plate wash and associated areas to pre-set schedules

• Cleaning of equipment

• Clearance of rubbish

• General kitchen portering duties

• Following Food Safety, Health and Safety and Fire Regulations

• Other duties specified from time to time by the Buttery Manager, his Deputies and Senior Management

Working Pattern:

Lunch time: 12.00pm – 15.00pm

Dinner Time: 18.00pm – 23.00pm 

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Thursday, 21 May 2026.  Interviews are expected to be held as and when applications come in.

Please be advised that you will receive system-generated updates regarding the status of your application after it submitted directly through our recruitment system to the email address you provided. To ensure you receive all communications without interruption, we kindly ask that you:

• Add the following email address to your safe sender list

• peoplexd@accessacloud.com

• recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk

• Regularly check your junk or spam folders, as emails may occasionally be filtered there.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we find a suitable candidate.