Catering Assistant

Affinity Water; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 16,000; Part time

Job summary

A water utility company is seeking a Part Time Catering Assistant in Hatfield. You will prepare meals and maintain high hygiene standards while providing excellent customer service. Ideal candidates should have completed Level 3 in Catering Food Safety and possess previous experience in a similar environment. This role offers learning opportunities and a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Salary of £15,069

Annual leave from 23-27 days

Entry into the annual bonus scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Accessibility support during recruitment

Family benefits including enhanced leave

Qualifications

• Successfully completed Level 3 in Catering Food Safety.
• Previous experience of working in a similar environment.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of in-house hospitality for meetings and events.
• Compliance with all Health, Safety and Well-being working practices.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene within the Bistro.

Skills

Excellent customer service skills

Experience in similar environment

Education

Level 3 in Catering Food Safety

Job description

Affinity Water has a new job opportunity available as a Part Time Catering Assistant.

The Role:

As a Catering Assistant you will beprovide a vital service in creating fresh, daily meals that fuel our employees and delight the external organisations who use our facilities.Your service will make a real difference to their well-being every day.

What you'll be doing:

As well as undertaking general catering duties, our catering staff are responsible for checking quality and trouble-shooting issues as they arise and continually maintaining high standards of customer service.

• Preparation of in-house hospitality for meetings and events.
• Preparation and provision of the lunch time deli bar for sandwiches and salads, ensuring optimum and flexible use of resources at all times.
• Compliance with all Health, Safety and Well-being working practices and procedures.
• Ensuring there is always a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene is maintained within the Bistro, including undertaking deep cleaning duties as required.
• Promote and maintain a high standard of hygiene in accordance with the Food Hygiene Legislation.

What you'll need:

• Successfully completed level 3 in Catering Food Safety.
• Previous experience of working in a similar environment.
• Excellent customer service skills.

Advert Closing Date: 8/10/25

Benefits:

• Salary: £15,069.
• Hours of work: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday (Hours to be discussed at interview)
• Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
• Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
• Annual leave from 23-27 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
• A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
• A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
• We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
• Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
• Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
• Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
• Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
• Life Assurance.

Disability Confident

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form. Ask the Talent Acquisition lead for the full job description to see all the criteria. If we have a very high volume of applicants and we’re not able to offer interviews to all, we’ll take a fair and proportionate number of disabled candidates through.

What is a disability?

A disability is a long-term physical or mental health condition that has a substantial impact on someone’s day-to-day activities.

What if I need adjustments during the recruitment process?

Let the Talent Acquisition lead mentioned on the job advert know – they’ll be able to help you.

Affinity Water recognises the benefits of greater diversity in our workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We are committed to building a more inclusive culture where every member of our workforce can thrive.

You can find out what it’s like to work at Affinity Water through our career site at https://www.affinitywatercareers.co.uk/ where our colleagues share their career development stories and you can get a feel for our company culture.