Catering Assistant

Package Description

We currently have an opportunity for a Food Service Assistant to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

As a Food Service Assistant you will be responsible for:

- Assisting with the preparation of and the serving of all meals and beverages to customers & patients, ensuring great customer service at all times

- Working on a hot counter & use of a till during lunch service serving hot & cold meals to serve hospital staff

- Working as a ward host serving meals & beverages to patients when required

- Replenishing & maintaining self-serve coffee machine areas on a daily basis

- Ensuring that the kitchen and service areas are clean and tidy, assisting with waste removal and washing up

- Completing any administration as requested including food temperatures, wastage and cleaning schedules

- Assisting in the effective management of stock and portion control

- Ensuring health and safety regulations are followed

- To raise any issues or customer suggestions and complaints to the Catering Manager

Package Description

- 22 hours per week (working 4 shifts over 7 days)

- Working alternating weekend shifts with another FSA

- Opportunities for overtime available

- Full training provided

- Uniform & PPE provided on induction

- Free meal on shift

- Free on-site parking

- Opportunities for development & career progression

Job Introduction

The catering assistant will be based working for the patient dining department assisting with kitchen cleaning duities, cold food preparation as required and ensuring food is set up for ward delivery. The role may also include duties involved within the other retail departments depending on the needs of the service.

Ensuring that compliance with all company and legal food safety and health and safety requirements are kept at all times.

Main Responsibilities

• Safe use of industrial catering equipment
• Decanting and labeling food items
• Recording of temperatures and corrective actions in accordance with company policy
• Monthly training to be completed in line with needs for the job role
• Further assigments may include duties relating to pick and packing, costa retail assistant, front of house, Back of house, retail assistant

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Ability to learn new skills
• Ability to work safely at all times
• Ability to follow instruction at all times
• Good customer service skills
• High standards of personal Hygiene
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Basic literacy skills
• Ability to work under own initiative
• The ability to communicate effectively

Desired

• Prior knowledge of a food environment
• Good literacy skills
• Ability to use a PC

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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