General Catering Assistant

Caterlink; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals on duty

Apprenticeships

Employee Discounts

Employee Support Programme

Job summary

Caterlink is seeking a General Catering Assistant to support our site-based teams across UK schools. You will help with food production and service, ensuring nutrition and quality while upholding high food safety standards.

The role offers term-time only work (190 days) with no weekends, providing excellent work-life balance and opportunities for development through Apprenticeships and our discount platform.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service is required.
• Willingness to complete food safety training.
• Friendly, hardworking, approachable team member.

Responsibilities

• Preparing food and snacks for students.
• Keeping kitchen and restaurant areas clean and tidy.
• Serving food to students and maintaining good service.

Skills

Customer service

Food safety awareness

Job description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

• 12.71p/h
• Term time only (190 days)
• Meals on duty, Apprenticeships, Employee Discounts, Employee Support Programme
• Start ASAP
• Excellent customer service is a must!

We are looking for a General Catering Assistant to support our existing site-based teamswho will ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We are looking for a friendly, hard-working and approachable team member to perform a variety of food productions tasks along with food service.

Tasks will include preparing food and snacks, ensuring the kitchen and restaurant areas are clean and tidy, serving food to our students and completing food safety training. You should be passionate about delivering an efficient service to our students whilst ensuring we maintain great customer service and high food safety standards.

With Caterlink you will have an excellent work/life balance – working term-time only and no weekends so this role is great for those looking for flexibility.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work/life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme