Food Service Assistant

Sodexo; Washington; On-site; GBP 6,800 - 7,200; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking

Staff canteen

Site Gym

Opportunities for career development

Sodexo employee benefits package

Job summary

Sodexo is hiring a Part-time Food Service Assistant in Washington. You will join a busy catering team, serving meals and beverages while delivering friendly, professional service to customers. The role involves cash handling, event support, and maintaining clean, well-presented service areas.

You’ll work Saturday and Sunday mornings, 07:00–11:30, with 9 hours per week at £15.00 per hour. Join Sodexo to enjoy free parking, staff canteen, gym access, and an employee benefits package.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within catering, hospitality, food service, retail or customer service is desirable.
• Friendly and approachable manner with a passion for delivering excellent customer service.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Reliable, flexible and organised approach to work.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team while also using initiative.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, present and serve food and beverages, helping to deliver a friendly and professional catering service.
• Welcome and serve customers, providing excellent customer service throughout their visit.
• Operate the till and process customer transactions accurately when required.
• Support hospitality services, including preparing, setting up and delivering refreshments for meetings and events.
• Keep food counters well stocked, clean and attractively presented throughout service.
• Refill and maintain vending machines, ensuring products are available and correctly rotated.
• Support stock rotation, ordering and stock takes to help minimise waste and maintain availability.
• Keep kitchen equipment, utensils, dining areas and service areas clean, hygienic and well presented.
• Follow all Food Safety, Health & Safety, hygiene and COSHH procedures at all times.
• Report customer feedback, equipment faults, maintenance issues and any incidents promptly.
• Support occasional functions, events and additional catering requirements.
• Work flexibly with the wider catering team, including providing additional cover during holidays and sickness when required.
• Complete all required training and attend team meetings to continually develop your skills and knowledge.

Skills

Food service experience

Customer service

Job description

• Part time
• 9 hours per week
• Saturday & Sunday
• 07:00am - 11:30am
• £15.00 per hour
• Free parking
• Staff canteen
• Site Gym
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Food Service Assistant

Washington - Part 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:

• Prepare, present and serve food and beverages, helping to deliver a friendly and professional catering service.
• Welcome and serve customers, providing excellent customer service throughout their visit.
• Operate the till and process customer transactions accurately when required.
• Support hospitality services, including preparing, setting up and delivering refreshments for meetings and events.
• Keep food counters well stocked, clean and attractively presented throughout service.
• Refill and maintain vending machines, ensuring products are available and correctly rotated.
• Support stock rotation, ordering and stock takes to help minimise waste and maintain availability.
• Keep kitchen equipment, utensils, dining areas and service areas clean, hygienic and well presented.
• Follow all Food Safety, Health & Safety, hygiene and COSHH procedures at all times.
• Report customer feedback, equipment faults, maintenance issues and any incidents promptly.
• Support occasional functions, events and additional catering requirements.
• Work flexibly with the wider catering team, including providing additional cover during holidays and sickness when required.
• Complete all required training and attend team meetings to continually develop your skills and knowledge.

What you’ll bring:

• Previous experience within catering, hospitality, food service, retail or customer service is desirable.
• A friendly and approachable manner with a passion for delivering excellent customer service.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• A reliable, flexible and organised approach to work.
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team while also using your own initiative.
• Good attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and presentation.
• An understanding of food hygiene, Health & Safety and safe working practices.
• The ability to work effectively in a busy, fast-paced catering environment.
• A Food Safety Certificate would be advantageous, although training can be provided.
• Flexibility to support different areas of the catering operation when required.

Why Sodexo?

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

Belong

Act

Thrive

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 tobeingan 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.

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