General Assistant

Thomas Franks Ltd; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 16,650 - 20,350; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Workplace pension

Excellent career progression

Job summary

A leading independent catering company in Farnborough is seeking a General Assistant to support food preparation and customer service. The ideal candidate will have experience in a catering environment, possess a food hygiene qualification, and demonstrate strong teamwork skills. This full-time role offers various benefits including career progression and employee assistance programs.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a fast-paced catering environment.
• Ability to demonstrate good understanding of verbal and written English.
• Experience in customer service or food preparation environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the daily salad bar and other basic food prep.
• Support the team with serving customers and replenishing stocks.
• Ensure all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies are followed.

Skills

Team working abilities

Listening skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Food hygiene certificate preferred

Ability to manage moderately heavy lifting

Education

Level 2 food hygiene qualification

Job description

Overview

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Location: Farnborough

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £18,500

Hours: 37.5 per week

A boys independent day school with a co-ed 6th form in Farnborough. Catering for just over 630 students and teachers. We offer a core feeding of an extensive Lunch offering with grab & go options along with the main food offer. There will be some hospitality offering at this location. This is a term time only contract working 40 weeks a year. This school operates Monday to Friday with match teas in the AM on Saturdays and has an additional benefit of Free on site parking.

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

Responsibilities

• Prepare the daily salad bar along with other basic food prep for sale/service, following good hygiene and safety practices at the standard specified.
• 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.
• 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.

Disclaimer

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

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants\' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

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.