A co-educational independent day school for children aged 2 to 18, situated just outside Esher, Surrey, catering for about 1400 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, tuck shop, and match teas. This is a term-time only contract working 40 weeks a year, operating Monday to Friday and some Saturdays, with the additional benefit of free on-site parking.
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our established and friendly team at our prestigious location in Esher.
You'll play a significant role in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.
Key Skills:
* Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage.
* Excellent customer service skills.
* Great team player.
* Ability to assist the chefs with some food prep.
* Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times.
* Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment.
* Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials, including air filter and extraction systems.
* Operate industrial dishwasher.
We Are Looking For:
* Kitchen porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
* A can-do attitude.
* Organisational skills.
Knowledge / Competencies:
* Ability to demonstrate a reasonable/good understanding and use of verbal English.
* Ability to demonstrate a reasonable/good standard of written English and reading skills.
* Similar experience in a customer and/or food preparation environment is preferred.
Benefits:
* Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms, etc.).
* Free meals on duty.
* Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Recommend a friend bonus.
* Unrivalled individual training and development.
* Well-established apprenticeship programme.
* Team and company social events.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Workplace pension.
* Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.
About Us:
Thomas Franks is a founder-led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion, and style. We are unique in our approach, and our clients and our people are paramount to our daily success.
Disclaimer:
All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role. An enhanced DBS, identity, and reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school, please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and as such, any criminal conviction, caution, or bind-over must be declared.
Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks:
We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion. We invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.
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