Weekend General Assistant

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Pound Hill; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering company in Pound Hill seeks a General Assistant to help prepare and serve food while ensuring high standards of hygiene and customer service. The role involves teamwork, flexibility, and managing tasks in a fast-paced environment. Preferred candidates will have experience in catering and a food hygiene certificate. Benefits include free meals, discounts, and training opportunities. Join a passionate team committed to food excellence.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme (discounts at retailers)

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

Individual training and development

Established apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Career progression

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a fast-paced catering environment preferred.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable/good understanding of written and verbal English.

Responsibilities

• Support the team with serving customers.
• Prepare and serve food and drinks for customers.
• Replenish stocks during service periods.
• Ensure food hygiene and safety standards are met.

Skills

Team working abilities

Listening skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Impeccable personal presentation

Food hygiene certificate (preferred)

Adaptability and flexibility

Reliable and honest

Customer service approach

Ability to manage moderately heavy lifting

Good understanding of verbal English

Good standard of written English

Job description

A private co-educational Roman Catholic boarding and day school for pupils from 11 to 18 years of age near Worth, West Sussex. Catering for about 800 students and teachers daily, we offer a core feeding of Breakfast, Lunch and Supper with some great hospitality as well. We have quite a large team at this location and it operates 7 days a week so work patterns would be 5 over 7 days. This location benefits from free on site parking.

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

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 team with serving customers, replenishing stocks, cleaning.
• Prepare all service areas for the days business relating to that meal service.
• Prepare, set-up, serve, clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
• Prepare basic food for sale/service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
• Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, pre-empt customer needs and achieve optimum customer service delivery.
• Empty, remove and store rubbish / recycle rubbish in the correct place.
• Be prepared to occasionally work for functions and school events.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

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.

Benefits

• 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.
• Workplace pension.
• 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.