Food Service Assistant

Sodexo; Reading; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Employee benefits package

Wellbeing support

Pension plan

Bike to Work

Discount scheme

Job summary

Sodexo in Reading is hiring a Food Service Assistant for a full-time, 37.5-hour week from 7:00 to 15:00, Mon-Fri. You’ll serve meals, support with food prep, and help maintain clean, welcoming dining areas while following safety and hygiene guidelines.

The role offers career development opportunities and access to Sodexo's benefits package, with perks such as wellbeing support, pension plan, and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality or food service is a bonus.
• Strong communication and a friendly, can-do attitude.
• Focus on cleanliness and hygiene.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Hospitality experience

Communication skills

Team player

Cleanliness & hygiene

Job description

• Full time
• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday to Friday
• 7:00am-3:00pm
• £12.71per hour
• Site Specific Benefits
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Food Service Assistant

Reading RG2 0QE - Full time

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 24hr 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 to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day 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 100million 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 are a forces friendly 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.

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