Catering Assistant

Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant to join our clients Café Shrub Team.Our client aims to be the UK’s leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work. This programme will deliver their mission of supporting people to improve their prospects and reachtheir full potential.Catering AssistantSalary: National Minimum WageHours: 28 hours per weekContract: You will be employed on a flexible contract and will be expected to work additional hours. These flexible hours will be agreed by your manager, with a minimum of 24 hours’ notice given prior to any additional hours being workedLocation: Winlaton Mill, GatesheadAbout The RoleWorking with a supportive brigade, you will be involved with the day-to-day running of catering services, providing exceptional customer care and maintain consistently high standards of service, hygiene, and health & safety.The role requires a positive and flexible approach, with the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced customer environment. In addition, the role will require weekend working and some evening working.Within the fixed 28 hours per week role, you may be asked to deputise for the Catering Supervisor due to absence/holidays. If this occurs, a different hourly rate of pay will be paid for these hours.About youThe organisation is seeking someone who is outgoing and enthusiastic, preferably with experience of customer service in a fast-paced catering environment. You will be an excellent communicator who is open, honest and acts with integrity. You will be flexibleand willing to tackle any task or role assigned to you with a positive attitude.With a passion for food and delivering an excellent service, you will also have knowledge of food safety and health and safety principles.Closing Date: 17th April 2024InterestedYour application is not yet complete, to finish it you will need to follow the instructions on the employers vacancy page.Please enter your details below and click Submit to be taken to the next stage (Your details will only be used as a way of contacting you if needed).Make yourself at homeOur client want you to be yourself and they value everything that makes you unique. They recognise and celebrate your difference and together you will make the organisation a special and great place to work. As a Disability Confident employer our clientoffer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role.The charity ensures that they provide a safe environment for adults, children and young people to take part in any activity or service that they organise. They are committed to creating a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children,young people and adults at risk. Their safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and comprehensive process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all thepeople they appoint are suitable to work with children, young people and adults.No agencies please.Required skills

• 1Catering
• 1Customer Service
• 1Food Safety
• 1Health & Safety Legislation