General Assistant

Thomas Franks Ltd; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Presencial; GBP 14.000 - 21.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Workplace pension

Volunteers leave – up to one day per年

Training and development

Descripción de la vacante

Thomas Franks Ltd in Peterborough is seeking a General Assistant to join a small, high-standard catering location serving 50-100 people daily. The role operates Monday to Friday, with a 20-hour work week and a pay rate of £12.71 per hour.

Candidates should have Level 2 Food Hygiene and strong English skills, with willingness to work flexible hours for events. Responsibilities include serving, stock replenishment, and food preparation while upholding hygiene and safety standards.

Formación

• Hold a Level 2 Food Hygiene qualification.
• Good verbal English communication.
• Good written English and reading skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced catering environment is preferred.
• Teamwork and adaptable with customer service focus.

Responsabilidades

• Assist with serving customers and replenishing stocks.
• Prepare service areas for daily business.
• Set up, serve, clear, and store food and equipment for functions.
• Maintain hygiene standards and food safety compliance.
• Restock consumables and manage waste.
• Occasionally work evenings or weekends for events.
• Support wastage control and safety policies.

Conocimientos

Teamwork

Customer service

Flexibility

Attention to hygiene

English proficiency

Educación

Level 2 Food Hygiene

Descripción del empleo

General Assistant

Peterborough

Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £12.71per Hour
Hours: 20 per week

A great small B&I location for a leading global company in the Defence, Aerospace, and Advanced Digital Technologies sectors in Peterborough. Catering for 50-100 people daily, we offer a core offer of Lunch with some hospitality through the year. This location operates Monday to Friday. This location benefits from free on site parking.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you as General Assistant to join one of our fantastic locations in Peterborough.

The role in Moday to Thursday 10.30am till 2.30pm

You will ideally have previous experience of working within a fast-paced catering environment.

You will enjoy what you do, working with a great team, for a company fanatical about food serving wonderful customers.

Key responsibilities:

• To support the team with serving customers, replenishing stocks, cleaning.
• Prepare all service areas for the days business relating to that meal service.
• Prepare, set-up, serve, clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
• Prepare basic food for sale/service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
• Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, pre-empt customer needs and achieve optimum customer service delivery.
• Empty, remove and store rubbish / recycle rubbish in the correct place.
• Be prepared to occasionally work evening and/or weekend for functions and school events.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You will have the following skills:

• Team working abilities, Listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour to others, Food hygiene certificate preferred.
• The ability to be adaptable and be flexible as necessary. Reliable, Honest and able to demonstrate an open attentive approach to customer service.
• Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
• Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying, and pushing.

Knowledge / competencies:

• Hold a level 2 food Hygiene qualification.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred.

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.