Catering Assistant - Hinckley, Leicestershire

Places Leisure; Hinckley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Places Leisure is seeking a Catering Assistant in Hinckley, ensuring high standards in food preparation and customer service. Ideal candidates will have catering or retail experience, a solid understanding of hygiene standards, and a passion for delivering great service while working in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Align with Real Living Wage

2% Bonus Scheme

Full Health & Fitness Membership

Flexible Working Opportunities

Purchase Additional Annual Leave

Ongoing Personal Learning and Development

Company Pension Scheme

Cashback Plan for Healthcare Costs

Discounts up to 50% on Activities

Perks from Shops and Cinemas

Qualifications

• Experience in catering or retail roles.
• Awareness of allergen and hygiene standards.
• Good knowledge of Health & Safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in food preparation while maintaining cleanliness.
• Uphold high customer service standards.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety and food hygiene policies.

Skills

Customer Service

Food Hygiene Awareness

Health & Safety Knowledge

Job description

Catering Assistant - Hinckley, Leicestershire

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More about your role

You will ensure high standards are maintained at all times. You will assist in food preparation, complying with all Health & Safety and Food hygiene policies whilst prioritising the presentation and cleanliness of all catering areas. A large part of your role will be to represent the company by operating a high standard of customer service to all our visitors.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More about you

You will have experience of working within a catering or retail role, with an awareness of allergen and hygiene standards. You should have a good background knowledge of current Health & Safety regulations as well as current food standard policies. You will have a personable and friendly manner and ideally be used to dealing with a wide range of customers.

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• We align with the Real Living Wage foundation
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.