General Assistant - Patch cover
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Prepares and serves meals in education settings, operates a barista station, maintains front-of-house cleanliness, monitors inventory, and provides customer service to students and staff.
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General Assistant - Patch cover
Title: General Assistant / barista
Location: Multiple site around swindon & patch
Salary: £14.00 p/h
32 hours per week - Monday - Thursday
Benefits:
- 28 Days holiday including bank holidays pro rota
- 3 days grandparent leave
- 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Pension and life insurance
- Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
- Wellbeing hub
- Access to employee assistance programme
- Free meals whilst at work
- Career development opportunities
- HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced General Assistant with a background in exceptional food catering services to join our business and work at one of our highly prestigious education settings.
This role is mainly swindon but may need to go to Reading, Newbury and basingstoke (travel paid)
If you are passionate about creating delicious dining experiences that fuel young minds and ignite taste buds, then this is the perfect opportunity to bring your expertise to our table.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled General Assistant to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for education catering.
As a General Assistant you will…
- Assist in the preparation and serving of breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner according to established menus and recipes.
- Barista work
- Overtime offered when events on site
- Maintain cleanliness of the front of house areas including organising dishes and utensils.
- Following proper food handling and storage procedures to ensure food safety and prevent contamination.
- Monitor inventory levels of food and supplies and notify management of any shortages or discrepancies.
- Provide friendly and efficient service to students and staff during mealtimes, addressing any concerns or special dietary needs.
- Participate in training sessions and meeting related to food service procedures, safety protocols, and customer service standards.
- This role is mainly swindon but may need to go to Reading, Newbury and basingstoke (travel paid)
Qualifications
- Ideally have experience working within catering
- This role is mainly swindon but may need to go to Reading, Newbury and basingstoke (travel paid)
- Barista experience ideal
- Have good Health & Safety knowledge.
- Flexible with a can-do attitude, customer focused.
- Fun and enthusiastic
- Have excellent organization skills.
- Demonstrate great attention to detail.
- Be a team player and enjoy succeeding as a team.
- Possess great customer service skills.
- Have a flexible approach to work
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