Catering Assistant

Package Description

10 hours per week
£10.35 per hour
Saturdays and Sundays 1pm-6pm
Full protective uniform supplied
Full training provided
Frequent transport links within a short walk
Cycle to work scheme
Many employee benefits, rewards and recognition.

Bonus Scheme - for EVERY hour worked on site you will be paid an additional £1 per hour! This is paid every quarter

Sodexo are committed to developing and nurturing our employees talents. All staff are offered training in nationally recognised qualifications

Job Introduction

About the role   

At Sodexo, we are passionate about the services we deliver, our team of dedicated catering professionals ensure we provide a great service. We are looking to recruit a dedicated and efficient Catering Assistant to join our busy team!

You will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of preparation and presentation of food to the company’s standards, utilising recipes from the central system and to have full knowledge of all allergen information prior to service.  

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

This is a customer facing role so it’s important to have a positive, friendly attitude. You will work as part of a team and will need to have strong communication skills.  
 
Experience working in a similar industry would be great, but generally customer service and food handling experience will tick the box!  
 
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. 

About The Company

Why choose 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 is an employee network 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