Catering Assistant

Job Title: Catering Assistant Salary: £25,927.20/ year Hours: 36 hours a week, 5 days over 7 Overview As the University builds on its proud heritage, we are looking for exceptional people to help shape our future. We provide a high-quality professional environment, inspired by our distinctive ethos and Catholic mission and values. Our values of excellence, generosity of spirit, inclusiveness and respect inspire us to create an academic community in which everybody is welcomed and which puts the student at the centre of all our endeavours. Job Overview If you are passionate about hospitality and are looking for a new role with better work life balance, why not come and join our team. We are looking for both full time and part time staff. We are seeking highly motivated experienced Baristas and Catering Assistants to help support the service in delivering a high standard of food and drink offer to our students and customers in a welcoming environment. The ideal candidate will have a positive, customer focussed and ‘Can-do' attitude. You will also have a passion for food and drink service, have the ability to work using your initiative and work as part of a team, be able to remain focused during busy times maintaining high levels of hygiene, food safety and attention to detail whilst offering speed and efficiency of service. You must also be physically fit to carry out various tasks of moving stock or equipment and carry out cleaning duties within the business. You will be involved in the preparation and service of food and drink in different outlets on the campus and ensure customer satisfaction whilst helping to drive sales. You will be responsible for carrying out all food safety, health & safety and COSHH processes within food production and service areas. You will also carry out all washing up and cleaning duties to maintain the highest cleaning and hygiene standards in all areas. Service Information: The Catering department is situated in the grounds of small friendly campus with easy access to good transports links. The Catering team are responsible for creating the best campus food experience for our students, staff and visitors as well as delivering hospitality to functions and events. We are looking to hear from candidates who are enthusiastic and passionate about food service and have the desire to consistently deliver food of the highest quality to staff, students and staff. We are a growing team and you will have the opportunity to work in all areas of the business including the restaurant, cafes and events. Many of our team haveprogressed within the service and successful candidates will have the support of a dedicated line manager. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. St Mary's University holds a work visa sponsorship licence however we will not always be able to guarantee a Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship. To avoid disappointment, please ensure you meet the requirements of the Points Based System before applying as we will not be able to provide advice on individual cases. Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date.