JCA Catering Assistant - 2025
We are looking for Catering Assistants to join our vibrant team at our Children’s Activity Centre, Condover Hall which is based just on the outskirts of Shrewsbury. Condover Hall is an elegant Grade I listed three-storey Elizabethan sandstone building, described as the grandest manor house in Shropshire, standing in a conservation area on the outskirts of Condover village.
This is a seasonal vacancy from 24th February 2025 to 24th October 2025 with the option to return for the 2026 season.
Benefits:
• Staff events - there are a host of events that you'll have the chance to be a part of at Condover Hall
• Employee discounts - Being part of Travelopia you will have access to the TravelBar, our discount app, which can save you money on every day spend such as your supermarket shop, high street purchases or even holidays within the group
• Friends & Family Days - become a guest and abseil or canoe with your family or friends for free in our resort
The details:
• Salary up to £11.55 per hour, increasing from April
• Part-time or full-time hours available from 8 to 40 hours per week
• Early & late shifts (6.45am – 2.45pm/11.45am – 7.45pm), you will be required to work a mixture of these shift times
• The role will involve working some weekends
• Accommodation is not available and you will need your own transport to travel to Condover Hall due to the location
Day to day, your key duties will include:
• Serving meals to both our guests and staff
• Keeping the kitchen and restaurant area clean, including cleaning trays, changing bins sweeping and mopping the floor
• Basic food preparation e.g., setting up cereals, salad bar and drinks
• Ensuring health and safety and cleanliness regulations are met
• Assist with unpacking of deliveries
• Ensuring food is stored correctly and rotated in accordance with HACCP regulations
• Decorating the restaurant area for themed nights
• Being aware of the daily menu and different dietary requirements
• At particularly busy times, you may be asked to support in other departments such as Housekeeping
• Greeting guests in the Canteen
What we’re looking for:
• An interest in the catering and/ or hospitality industries
• A team player
• Enjoys working in a sociable and fast-paced working environment
• Hard-working with a genuine desire to make our guests happy
• Shows initiative and happy to try new things
• Previous experience working in a kitchen, restaurant or food-based environment is desirable but not essential.
*Our Recruitment Team is based at our Head Office in Brighton so we may call you from a Brighton number (01273)*