Food and Beverage Assistant

Signature Senior Lifestyle Limited; Hampstead; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

From £13.45 per hour

Full time Day shifts available

Up to 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank

Free meals on shift for staff working

Life Assurance Scheme

Refer A Friend Incentive £50 voucher

up to £1,000 cash bonus

Ongoing career training and devolop

Employee Assistance Programme, health

Cycle to work scheme

Study support

Long service awards

Job summary

Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Food and Beverage Assistant at our Highgate home invites you to deliver restaurant-quality service to residents with warmth and a smile. You’ll welcome guests, explain menu choices clearly, serve meals, and keep the dining room spotless across shifts including private dining rooms and events.

Around 40 hours weekly on day shifts, with advantages like staff meals, annual leave, and a supportive development culture. Prior restaurant experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in busy restaurant environment.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to explain menu choices clearly and work across dining areas.

Responsibilities

• Welcome residents and guests with a friendly manner.
• Explain menu options clearly and serve meals.
• Keep dining areas clean and assist in various dining spaces and events.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Customer service

Communication skills

Job description

Location Signature at Highgate, Highgate - N2 0BE

Closing date 20/11/26

Hours 40 hours per week

Your role at Signature

Become the warm, welcoming face of our bistro and restaurants when you join Signature Senior Lifestyle as a Food and Beverage Assistant, at our luxury care and nursing home in Highgate. We aim to offer a food & beverage service experience that is comfortable, easy, accessible and surprising.

What you will do

Our Food and Beverage Assistant will deliver restaurant quality service to our residents with a smile. You’ll welcome residents in, explain menu choices in a clear, concise way, serve food from the kitchen and take pride in keeping the dining room spotlessly clean. Your role will also support dining operations or food & beverage service in other areas such as the Private dining room, Café, Sky Lounge Bistro or special events as applicable to the home where you are applying.

You’ll take dealing with complaints in your stride, ensuring the resident feels listened to and understood, and making sure the supervisor is informed of any issues quickly, in a calm and polite manner.

Internally, this role is called Hospitality Assistant, if you are successful this will be your job title. You will be required to work across a range of departments including Housekeeping, Food & Beverage and Wellbeing & Lifestyle. Responsibilities will vary on each shift depending on which department you are supporting.

What Signature offer

• From £13.45 per hour
• Full time Day shifts available
• Up to 30 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, depending on length of service
• Free meals on shift for staff working 6+ hours
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Refer A Friend Incentive £50 voucher and up to £1,000 cash bonus
• Ongoing career training and development
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health support and wellbeing services
• Plus cycle to work scheme, study support, long service awards and more

Transport Links

• Walking - 25 minutes walking from East Finchley or Highgate train station
• Driving - 1.3 miles from nearest motorway / bypass

We are kind and compassionate. Positive and resilient. Proactive and organised. Honest and accountable. Passionate and keen to develop. If this sounds like you, you’ll fit right in.

As well as your charming, friendly personality and exceptional organisational skills, a year’s experience working in a busy restaurant is an advantage.

About Signature

Signature Senior Lifestyle offer unrivalled residential and dementia care in luxury homes. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and make a real difference to our residents’ lives. Our team is one of our biggest assets. We cultivate a supportive environment for our people, with tailored training and career development at all levels.

Wake up to the passion inside you.

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