Catering Assistant

John Lewis Partnership; Bletchley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK employee-owned retailer is looking for a Catering Assistant to work in their Partner dining rooms. The ideal candidate will ensure excellent food preparation, maintain hygiene standards, and support team operations for a great catering experience. Previous catering experience and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate are essential. Join a company that values its Partners and offers a supportive working environment.

Qualifications

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate required.
• Previous catering experience essential.
• Experience in a customer-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Work as a team to ensure smooth catering service.
• Maintain stock levels and hygiene.
• Provide friendly and welcoming service to Partners.

Job description

Overview

Our Catering Assistants work in our Partner (employee) dining rooms in various Partnership locations. Wherever you work, you'll offer the great service we're known for, to fellow Partners. It can be fast-paced but by taking great pride in your food preparation and presentation standards, you'll ensure the best possible catering experience.

You'll also support with other catering related tasks, including stock replenishment and storage of deliveries.

Responsibilities

• Work as a team to ensure a smooth catering service.
• Provide positive Partner interactions with a friendly and welcoming attitude.
• Follow procedures and instructions using the \'Health and Safety at Work Act\' and \'Food Safety Act\' when completing all relevant tasks.
• Ensure stock is replenished and available for our customers.
• Reduce food wastage by ensuring care and due diligence when rotating food stock.
• Act promptly and use your initiative to resolve any issues that arise in the operation.
• Maintain personal hygiene standards.

Essential skills/experience

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Previous catering experience.
• Worked in a forward thinking customer facing environment.

Desirable skills/experience

• Food Safety level 2 & 3.
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to all. For disabled candidates who have applied under the Disability Confident Scheme, where they meet the minimum criteria as outlined on the advert and job outline, they will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talent and ability at an assessment or interview. That is unless it is not practical or appropriate to do this for all disabled candidates, such as during high-peak times or for high volume roles.