GLL is looking for a Cafe Assistant to work at Palmer Park Leisure Centre & Stadium, in Reading. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Catering Assistant, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Catering Assistant job, it's a career.
As a catering assistant you’ll support the café and the team to achieve its full potential, ensuring the café can deliver consistency as well as helping put together creative food ideas for audiences and events.
We’re looking for a catering assistant who is hardworking, has excellent customer service skills, and good multi-tasking abilities. Prior experience in the food industry is desirable with up-to-date knowledge of food safety.
What you’ll do:
* Be a friendly and welcoming face to visitors and customers at the facility
* Undertake the preparation, serving, and delivery of fresh food and drinks
* Participate in the production and service standards of the café, ensuring high standards of health safety, hygiene, and cleanliness
* Ensure compliance with food safety law
* Comply with GLL and Hub policies
* Actively contribute to the development of café service
* Assist in setting up rooms for functions and events
* Undertake cash handling and card payments
* Attend meetings/training and be part of the facility team
What you need:
* Work as part of the team to ensure the smooth operation of the facility
* Provide excellent customer care and demonstrate good multi-tasking skills
* Prior experience in the food industry (desirable)
* Up-to-date level 2 food hygiene & safety (desirable)
* Follow all Normal & Emergency Operating Procedures and adhere to relevant product manuals
* Fully participate in and engage in training through centre-based training and ongoing assessment of performance
Employee Benefits:
* A values driven organisation
* Learning & development to support career development
* Good pension schemes
* Discounted gym membership for you and your partner
* A full-time permanent position
* Industry leading rates of pay
* Opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
* Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
* Exclusive discounts on our ski chalets in Bulgaria
* Health assurance
* Career pathways and professional development with practical and theory elements
* Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
* 25% off Red Letter Days
* 25% off Buy A Gift
* 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products
* Ride to work scheme
* Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children’s centres.
We offer two types of work arrangements: a permanent employment contract - part-time and full-time, or joining our flexible worker pool.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects, and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.
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