Mobile Catering Assistant

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  • Job reference: SDX/TP/2248949/158313
  • Location: West Midlands
  • Job type: Full Time - 20 hours per week
  • Salary: £13.20 (mileage expenses: first 10.000 miles per miles 0.45pence miles, after it will be 0.25 pence per mile)
  • Closing date: 22 June 2026
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About the role

Mobile Catering Assistant

Covering Stourbridge, Halesowen, Worcester & Solihull

Looking for a role where no two days are the same?

Join Sodexo as a Mobile Catering Assistant and become part of a supportive team delivering excellent school catering services across the West Midlands. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who enjoys variety, meeting new people, and working in different environments while making a positive impact on pupils every day.

As a Mobile Catering Assistant, you won't be based at just one school. Instead, you'll travel to support different school catering teams across Stourbridge, Halesowen, Worcester, and Solihull. You could be supporting a site for a single day, a week, or even a month, depending on business needs. This variety makes the role ideal for someone adaptable, proactive, and keen to broaden their experience across multiple sites.

Even better, you'll enjoy a fantastic work-life balance with no evening work, weekends off, public holidays off, and school holidays included.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Supporting school kitchens across multiple locations as required.

  • Preparing nutritious and delicious meals for pupils and staff.

  • Assisting with food preparation, service, and presentation.

  • Keeping kitchen and serving areas clean, safe, and fully stocked.

  • Supporting the loading and unloading of deliveries.

  • Following food hygiene, allergen, and health & safety procedures.

  • Operating kitchen equipment safely and correctly.

  • Representing Sodexo professionally at every site you support.

  • Working collaboratively with different teams and quickly adapting to new environments.

What We're Looking For

  • A positive, flexible, and reliable attitude.

  • Someone who enjoys working as part of a team and supporting others.

  • Excellent communication and organisational skills.

  • The ability to adapt quickly to different schools and kitchen teams.

  • Strong time management and the ability to work well under pressure.

  • Previous catering, hospitality, retail, or customer service experience is desirable but not essential.

  • A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential, as travel between sites will be required.

Why Join Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than just a job—it's an opportunity to be part of something bigger. You'll support school communities, develop valuable skills, and enjoy a role that offers variety, stability, and genuine career progression.

In addition, you'll benefit from:

  • School-friendly working hours

  • Weekends, bank holidays, and Christmas off

  • Full training provided

  • Uniform supplied

  • Employee Assistance Programme

  • 24/7 wellbeing and mental health support

  • Discounts and cashback schemes

  • Cycle to Work Scheme

  • Pension scheme

  • Career development opportunities

  • Volunteering opportunities within local communities

If you enjoy variety, love working with people, and want a role where you can make a difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

This version sells the role much more strongly by focusing on variety, flexibility, travel, supporting different schools, career development, and work-life balance rather than just listing duties.

Why Sodexo?

“Term-time roles. Full-time progression”

  • £13.20 per hour
  • 20 hours per week
  • Working pattern: Monday - Friday (10am - 2pm, must be flexible)
  • Term Time only (39 week Working Contract paid over 52 weeks)**
  • This position requires and Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
  • Mileage expenses: first 10.000 miles per miles 0.45pence miles, after it will be 0.25 pence per mile)

ALL TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE REIMBURSED

Retention BONUS for all attached mobile roles – £200 on successful completion of 12 week probation, further £300 after 52 weeks complete employment in role.

**Equated pay (sometimes known as spread-over pay) is a method of paying you for your contracted hours, working weeks and holiday pay spread over 12 months instead of just receiving pay during the months that you work and none during the school closures/non-working weeks. This means that you get paid equal amounts of pay every month. Further information will be supplied at interview stage.**

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KEY BENEFITS

  • Advice and guidance

    Get help with legal, financial, personal or work issues whenever you need it.
  • Pension Plan

    Save effectively for your future when you join the Sodexo Pension Plan.
  • Wellbeing support

    Unlimited access to online support for your mental health, 24/7.
  • Generous leave

    For holidays, care needs or major life events, we’ll help you rest and recharge.
  • Discounts and savings

    Enjoy great deals from leading retailers and use our Bike to Work scheme
  • Virtual GP

    24-hour access to video or phone consultations for you and your family.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At our company, we believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Roles at Sodexo are designed to empower individuals from all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an environment that values equity and supports the growth of all employees, ensuring that everyone can contribute to and benefit from our collective success.

Social Impact

Ever since we started, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.

We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.

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