Food Service Assistant

Sodexo Ltd; Horsham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading global services provider is seeking a part-time Food Service Assistant in Horsham, UK. This role involves delivering excellent customer service and maintaining cleanliness in dining areas while providing assistance to the kitchen team. Ideal candidates should have communication skills and a friendly attitude. Training is provided, and the position offers competitive pay and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a 24-hr virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan

Opportunities for career development

Bike to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality or food service is a bonus, but we’ll give you full training!
• Communication skills and a friendly, can-do attitude required.
• A focus on cleanliness and hygiene is essential.
• A team player, willing to help out.

Responsibilities

• Deliver friendly and welcoming service to colleagues, clients, and customers.
• Assist with daily service set up, food prep and serving from our menus.
• Keep service and dining areas clean, tidy, and well-organised.
• Work closely with the kitchen team to keep everything running smoothly.
• Follow food safety, hygiene, allergen and storage guidelines.

Skills

Communication skills

Team player

Cleanliness focus

Hospitality experience

Job description

Part‑time Position Details

Part time

16 hours per week

2 shift options available – 2 days per week 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or Monday to Friday 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

£12.85 per hour

Opportunities for career development

Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Food Service Assistant

ThermoFisher SCIENTIFIC, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham. RH12 4QD

Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

Be part of a team where great service and good food come together. Explore what Sodexo can bring to the table. Step into a role where you bring energy to every shift, serving delicious meals and brightening our customers’ day with every interaction. A role where you’re paid to put a smile on someone’s face. Feed our customers, and we’ll fuel your career!

What you’ll do

• Deliver friendly and welcoming service to colleagues, clients, and customers
• Assist with daily service set up, food prep and serving from our tempting menus
• Keep service and dining areas clean, tidy, and well‑organised
• Work closely with the kitchen team to keep everything running smoothly
• Follow food safety, hygiene, allergen and storage guidelines

What you’ll bring

• Experience in hospitality or food service is a bonus, but we’ll give you full training!
• Communication skills and a friendly, can‑do attitude
• A focus on cleanliness and hygiene
• A team‑player, with willingness to help out

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life’s larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24‑hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big‑brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Ireland’s enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the quality of life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On‑Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Belong in a team, thrive in service.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.