Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: 1620s House & Garden
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £23,664 - £23,820 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: TBC
Contract Type: Casual
Closing Date: 24/04/2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference?
Are you passionate about preparing and displaying food? Do you enjoy providing great customer service? If so, our Catering Assistant role might be just the one for you!
About the Role
As a Casual Catering Assistant, you will work as part of a successful team. You will be responsible for preparing, cooking, and serving food and drinks to members of the public. You will also be responsible for helping to set up the tearoom area, moving tables and chairs as necessary, as well as preparing service areas and washing dishes and other used items and cleaning equipment.
About You
We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic individuals to join our successful & busy catering team at the 1620s House & Garden, near Coalville, which was recently awarded the hidden gem accolade by Visit England.
The successful candidates will support the catering officer and fully assist with the delivery of high-quality service to customers, including preparing ingredients, cooking and serving food and beverages to internal and external customers.
Responsibilities also include preparing the tearoom for daily public service and set-up for private hires and events, which will include moving furniture and equipment, preparing the kitchen and service area, clearing during and after service and ensuring all areas of work, crockery and utensils are cleaned and stored following food safety management system and health & safety requirements.
The successful candidate would also be required to work confidently within a team environment and deliver excellent customer service skills.
The 1620s House & Garden is open Thursday – Sunday plus Bank holidays, April - October. The tearoom is available to hire during the year and we also run a comprehensive event programme, so there will be a requirement to cover days/evenings, events, and bank holidays
To apply for this post, you must:
1. Have a basic knowledge of Food Safety/Health and Safety
2. Be able to lift and handle kitchen equipment and move dining furniture
3. Ability to work as a member of a team
4. Be able to communicate with staff, customers, and colleagues
5. Have a flexible approach to working, be able to work outside of normal working hours including weekends and bank holidays
6. Excellent customer service skills.
7. Willingness to undertake training as and when required
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You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Enter name and job title Liz Esnouf, Visitor Services Officer ,Heritage Services
Telephone: 0116 305 0103
Email:
section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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