Description PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS Organisation: Leicestershire County Council Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester, LE3 8RA Worker Category: Fixed Location Salary: £23,664 - £23,820 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Term Time 38 weeks Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: 3rd February 2025 Interview Date(s): TBC 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 Catering Assistant, you will work as part of a team responsible for preparing, cooking, and serving food and drinks to users of our Food Court at County Hall. You will also be responsible for helping to set up the dining area, moving tables and chairs as necessary, as well as preparing service areas and washing dishes and other used items and cleaning equipment at the end of service. About You To apply for this post, you must: Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and be willing to undertake any required training. Have previous food preparation experience. Have basic knowledge of food safety and health and safety. Be able to establish rapport with customers. Be able to work as part of a team. Be able to lift and handle kitchen equipment and move dining furniture. Be able to work outside of normal working hours including weekends and bank holidays. You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations. In addition, we expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process. Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. 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 Our Working Styles page on our career site. For more information or an informal discussion, please contact: Sharon Hulme Operational Finance support Manager Telephone: 0116 3057119 Email: sharon.hulmeleics.gov.uk How to Apply Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services, we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. To apply for this job, please click ‘Apply Now’. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. For more information, see the How to Apply 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. If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home. By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.