Catering Assistant

Impact Food Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 11,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading catering company in the education sector seeks a Catering Assistant to join their team at The National Mathematics and Science College in Coventry. The role involves providing friendly service, assisting in food preparation, and ensuring cleanliness in the kitchen. With a focus on great food and customer satisfaction, the position offers daytime hours and school holidays off. Benefits include career development opportunities and free meals on shift.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Ideally from a catering or retail background.
• Ability to maintain cleanliness in kitchen areas.
• Experience in customer-facing roles is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide friendly, efficient and hygienic service to customers.
• Assist in the preparation of food and snacks.
• Perform counter service and till work.
• Ensure kitchen and restaurant areas are clean and tidy.

Skills

Customer service skills

Food preparation

Counter service

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for that next step in your career? Impact Food Group is made up of four amazing brands—Innovate, Cucina, Hutchison and Chapter One. We specialise in providing an exceptional catering service to the education sector and are Catey award winning.

We are looking for people who are devoted to great service, fantastic food, and making a positive impact.

About the role

Job Title: Catering Assistant

School Location: The National Mathematics and Science College, Coventry, CV4 8JB

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 20 hours per week (Any 3 out of 7 days)

Early/Late shifts: Monday–Friday: Early 07:00–14:30; Late 12:30–20:00

Saturday & Sunday: Early 09:30–16:00; Late 12:30–20:00

Working Weeks: 38 weeks per year (term time only)

Pay Details: £10,676.40 per Annum

What will I be doing?

• Working as part of the catering team at the site to provide a friendly, efficient and hygienic service to all customers.
• Assist in the preparation of food and snacks for the site
• Counter service and till work
• Keeping the kitchen and restaurant areas in a clean and tidy state at all times.

Who we’re looking for

We’re open to people with great customer service skills, ideally from a catering or retail background. If that’s not you, don’t let it put you off.

We’re not in the business of making school food; we’re here to make good food, after all, that’s why our clients and customers love us!

Why not work somewhere close to home, with daytime hours, weekends and evenings free? Not to mention all school holidays off, for a great work-life balance. A free meal is supplied on shift!

We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of. There are free qualifications and career development opportunities, and a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers. We also run monthly opportunities for teams to win shopping vouchers.

How to apply

If you think you’ve got what it takes and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

A short kitchen visit and interview will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

We are a committed equal opportunities employer. If you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.