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Seasonal Kitchen Team Member - YHA Whitby
Reference: DEC20242886
Expiry date: 23:59, Wed, 29th Jan 2025
Location: Yorkshire
The salary is £11.44 per hour (but this will rise to £12.21 in March in line with National Living Wage and applies to all, including those under the age of 21).
Staff accommodation is available at a rate of £63.70 per week.
If you are looking for a fun and varied job in hospitality, and have a background in fast-paced kitchen work, then why not apply to join us as a Catering Team Member? This is a flexible 25-42.5 hours a week contract, but due to the volume of meals delivered, the average hours are expected to be around 38 a week for the duration of the seasonal contract.
As a Catering Team Member, you'll play a key role in making our guests' experiences memorable. Your efforts will be at the core of our mission to provide exceptional hospitality.
What will you be doing as a Catering Team Member?
While this role primarily focuses on the catering aspects of our hostel, you may also be called upon to assist in other hostel departments.
We are a friendly team and will provide the training required for you to undertake the role. However, there is plenty for you to get stuck into from day one, including:
* Ensuring adherence to food hygiene standards in food storage, preparation, and delivery.
* Upholding health and safety regulations, ensuring timely and accurate completion of kitchen checks.
* Taking pride in the preparation, presentation, and service of high-quality food.
* Recording food wastage in accordance with your hostel's procedures, focusing on minimizing waste to maximize profit.
* Assisting in the preparation of food and serving food and drinks with genuine warmth, hospitality, and pride that will influence in more sales.
What Skills and Experience do you need to be a Catering Team Member?
Our Catering Team Members undertake a wide range of customer-facing duties within the hostel, delivering an excellent service to all guests and visitors.
To provide this service to our guests we are looking for the following qualities in our Catering Team Members:
* Experience of working face to face with customers.
* Experience of working in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
* Food Safety Level 2 Certificate (desirable) – otherwise will be required to complete within hostel.
* Experience of working in a team – can help others to achieve a common goal.
* Excellent timekeeping, with flexibility to cover different shifts – punctual, can work to deadlines.
* Ability to manage varying pressures, including peaks in workload demands – can prioritise, able to deal with conflicting duties.
* Basic IT skills (ideally Microsoft Office) – able to use Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel.
* Knowledge and understanding of the core purpose of YHA – what YHA does and how we do it.
At YHA, we understand the richness of life experiences, and we place just as much importance on lived experiences as we do on skills and knowledge. We provide a robust induction, ongoing training, and opportunities for personal growth. While certain roles may require specific skills, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
How do you apply?
Submit your CV and complete the application form (it’s a short one, we promise!). If you need any assistance, please visit the contact page on the YHA Jobs website.
Once the hiring manager has reviewed your application we will contact shortlisted candidates. We aim to get in touch within a reasonable amount of time after the closing date.
PLEASE NOTEAll relevant checks are in place to ensure safeguarding and legal requirements of safer recruitment are adhered to. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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