Catering Assistant (Graze café), Full Time (predominantly Monday to Friday 7am until 3pm)

Harper Adams University; Newport; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Newport is seeking a full-time Café Assistant to provide excellent customer service to students and guests. Responsibilities include serving food and beverages, maintaining hygiene standards, handling payments, and assisting during special events. Ideal candidates will have some catering experience and strong customer service skills. Applications close on 1 October 2025.

Qualifications

• Minimum of some front of house catering & hospitality experience.
• Good customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers in a polite & friendly manner.
• Ensure a high quality, customer focused provision of food & beverages.
• Maintain kitchen facilities to a high standard.

Skills

Customer service skills

Front of house catering experience

Hospitality experience

Job description

Overview

Harper Adams University is looking to recruit a full time Café Assistant delivering excellent customer service experience to students, conference guests and University staff.

The successful candidate should have a minimum of some front of house catering & hospitality/café experience & good customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve customers in a polite & friendly manner.
• To ensure a high quality, customer focused provision of hot and cold food & beverages.
• Setting up the Café offering in accordance to department standards.
• Ensure the facilities are maintained to a high standard including compliance with the department’s hygiene regulations.
• Handle cash & cashless payments in accordance with company procedure.
• To assist in the promotion and display of the merchandising on counter displays.
• Ensure all health and safety, legal and security issues adhered to.
• Carry out any reasonable requests from your supervisor.
• Stand in for the Supervisor during periods of absence (Holiday, Annual leave, sickness).
• All other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the post and the salary range of the grade.
• Be prepared to help out with special events i.e. Graduation, Open Days and Royal Visits.

Further information

If you have any queries or questions or for an informal discussion, please contact David Nuttall via email [e-mail].

For further information about the University or to see full job description, please visit our website at www.harper-adams.ac.uk.

Application Procedure

Please apply online by submitting covering letter and full Curriculum Vitae (to include two referee details) via the Harper Adams e-Recruitment programme at http://jobs.harper-adams.ac.uk by no later than midnight on 1 October 2025.

Kindly note that prior applicants will not be considered.

Unfortunately, we cannot offer sponsorship for this position.

Harper Adams University is an equal opportunities employer.