Admin Assistant

Peoplebank; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading catering company is looking for a part-time Admin Assistant in Ipswich. The role involves supporting the Chef Manager with office duties while providing excellent customer service. Applicants should have some experience in a catering environment, be adaptable and reliable, and demonstrate good English skills. The salary is £15 per hour for 20 hours a week, with additional benefits such as free meals and training opportunities.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

Wider wallet scheme

Volunteer leave - up to one day per year

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Unrivalled individual training and development

Well established apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Excellent career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced catering environment preferred.
• Food hygiene certificate is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chef Manager in general office duties.
• Manage invoices and end of week paperwork.
• Assist with events as needed.
• Conduct audits.

Skills

Team working abilities

Listening skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Impeccable personal presentation

Food hygiene certificate preferred

Adaptability

Reliability

Customer service approach

Ability to perform moderate lifting

Verbal English skills

Written English skills

Experience in customer or food preparation

Job description

Contract: Part Time , Permanent
Salary: £15 per hour
Hours: 20 per week

A day and boarding co-educational school for pupils from nursery to Sixth form in Ipswich, Suffolk. Catering for up to 500 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Breakfast, lunch, supper, internal and external hospitality. This is a 41 week term time only position Monday to Friday working patterns are 5 out of 7 days with flexible hours paying £15 per hour . Additional benefit to this location is free parking on site.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you as Admin Assistant to join one of our fantastic locations in Ipswich.

You will ideally have previous experience of working within a fast-paced catering environment.

You will enjoy what you do, working with a great team, for a company fanatical about food serving wonderful customers.

Key responsibilities:

• To support the Chef Manager in general office duties
• Ad invoices
• Assist in end of week paperwork
• Support on some events when needed
• Carry out audits

You will have the following skills:

• Team working abilities, Listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour to others, Food hygiene certificate preferred.
• The ability to be adaptable and be flexible as necessary. Reliable, Honest and able to demonstrate an open attentive approach to customer service.
• Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
• Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying, and pushing.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred.
• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.