General Catering Assistant

Package Description

20 hours per week
£9.18 per hour?
Monday - Friday - Term Time Only
Full protective uniform supplied
Full training provided
Cycle to work scheme
Many employee benefits, rewards and recognition.
 

Job Introduction

About the role

At Sodexo, we are passionate about food and our kitchen is surrounded with the finest of aromas. From herbs and marinades, to freshly crushed coffee beans, it'll make your senses tingle.

To provide this excellent service, we have a team of fantastic team of General Catering Assistants that help to serve those vibrant, colourful, and nutritious dishes. And we have an opportunity for you to join our close-knit team at the Wellington College!

Being the first face many of our colleagues and students will see, you’ll be a role model when it comes to what great service will look like. You’ll be serving our enticing dishes, assist with cash handling and ensuring all service areas are kept hygienic and glistening. 

Sodexo and our Clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (UK) and / or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland)

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.

A few things about you 

We want you to bring your great communication skills, strong teamwork ethos and your positive can-do attitude.

Being a team player is important, but you’ll also need to be able to work well on your own! Previous experience in a similar role would be ideal, but if you have great people skills, we’d love to hear from you!

Sodexo embeds a strong Safety culture in everything we do. There’ll be company procedures to follow alongside our Health & Safety practises so it’s vital that you’ll champion this. 

Main Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities • Basic food preparation • Food service to students & staff • Working on the tills during service • Cleaning duties within the kitchen • Health & safety compliance • Friendly and polite customer service

The Ideal Candidate

Ideal candidate • Previous catering experience • Working within a team • Food hygiene level 2 (preferred, but not essential as training will be given) • Basic knowledge of health and safety practices

About The Company

Why chooses Sodexo?

You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.   

What do we mean when we say belong?  

It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.   

A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career.  

We are committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins.  We have also launched Be Heard which an employee network is designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.   

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Our benefits:   

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life, health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs. In addition to the essentials like 20 days holidays (plus bank holidays) and pension contribution, we can help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo with benefits such as;    

• Sodexo Discounts - discounts from over 1,200 top retailers with you earning WOW Points (cashback) as you shop   
• Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family   
• Up to three paid days each year to volunteer
• Your Lucky Number Employee Lottery (this also supports the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation)
• Cycle to work    
• Life assurance