Kitchen Porter

Dakota Hotels Instagram; Leeds; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based lifestyle hotel brand in Leeds is seeking a dedicated Kitchen Porter to maintain cleanliness and organization in the kitchen. Responsibilities include washing kitchen items and ensuring a clean work environment. The ideal candidate has at least two years of experience in a similar role and is hard-working, reliable, and detail-oriented. This position offers a guaranteed minimum salary of £25,000 per year along with various employee benefits.

Benefits

40% off stays at any Dakota

25% off drinks and dining

Access to Employee Assistance Program

Free meals on duty

Bonus for recommending a friend

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years working experience in a cleaning or cooking role.
• Previous training in health and safety or chemical handling is beneficial but not required.
• Flexible with shift patterns.

Responsibilities

• Wash all pots, pans, crockery, glassware, and cutlery.
• Store and organize all clean items.
• Carry out a clean down of the Employee Break Room daily.

Skills

Hard-working individual

Attention to detail

Reliability

Ability to work at pace

Job description

Dakota Hotel based in Leeds City Centre are seeking a hard-working individual suitable for a cleaning-based role for the position of Kitchen Porter.

Responsibilities

• Wash all pots, pans, crockery, glassware, and cutlery throughout the day.
• Store and organize all clean items, ensuring the chefs have all required equipment.
• Carry out a clean down of the Employee Break Room daily and a deep clean of the Kitchen twice daily.
• Ensure the Back of House areas are clear from obstruction and maintain the bin store areas, ensuring they are clean and cleared daily.
• Follow the correct waste disposal and recycling procedures, maintaining the waste storage area within the hotel.
• Follow health and safety procedures closely at all times particularly pertaining to the handling of waste and manual handling.
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of safe chemical handling guidelines and best practice relating to the immaculate upkeep of food preparation areas.

Requirements

• Have a minimum of two years working experience in a cleaning or cooking role.
• Hard-working individual who is able to work at pace.
• A reliable and dependable individual who is able to work well alone.
• Previous training in health and safety or chemical handling is beneficial but not required as this training will be provided upon starting.
• Be able to be physically active in your role, standing for much of your shift and working at pace.
• An enthusiastic individual who will promote our culture of positivity.
• Be task oriented with a great pride for the work they do and attention to detail.
• Flexible with shift patterns and available around the needs of our business.
• Successful candidates must demonstrate having researched our brand and a genuine desire to be part of our team.

About Dakota

Dakota is a growing UK-based lifestyle brand, known for our stylish hotels, bustling brasserie Grills and upscale cocktail Bars. Dakota's story started with two boutique hotels on the outskirts of Edinburgh, in South Queensferry, and Glasgow, in Eurocentral. We have now expanded into prime city centre locations in Glasgow, Leeds, and Manchester, with Newcastle coming in 2025 and more in our pipeline.

Dakota is synonymous for delivering attentive and genuine guest service. We attract hard-working individuals who are passionate about working to the highest standards and have been voted within The Caterer's Top 15 Best Employers in Hospitality for the last five years in a row. We were also featured within the Top 10 employers in the 2024 Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK, as well as being awarded the Spotlight Award for Best Places to Work for LGBTQIA+ employees. As recent winners of The Cateys 'People Team of the Year', we have award-winning internal training programmes within Dakota Academy fostering continuous development and ongoing training. As a result, over 75% of our leaders have been promoted internally and, for four consecutive years, a member of our team has won a prestigious Acorn Award awarded by The Caterer to the 'Top 30 under 30' in the industry, demonstrating our success in developing talent.

Contract and Benefits

The role carries a permanent contract of a minimum of 37.5 hours per week, working any 5 days out of 7 including working weekends. Earnings are £12.80 per hour (inclusive of the anticipated tronc payment), which equates to a guaranteed minimum £25,000 per annum, paid weekly.

• 40 per cent off stays at any Dakota
• 25 per cent off drinks and dining at any Dakota
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program which includes free private mental health support and counselling sessions, video GP consultations and private prescription services, and access to daily rewards to be cashed out for shopping vouchers
• Access to discounted gift card platform
• Support from our inhouse Mental Health Champions
• Additional holiday day on the first anniversary of your employment
• Family-friendly flexible working options
• Meals on duty and uniforming
• £200 bonus to recommend a friend to join our team
• £10 bonus every time you are mentioned on Trip Advisor
• Free bi-annual eye testing for users of display screen equipment
• Accredited, certified compliance training given on employment such as in Food Hygiene, Alcohol Responsibility, Data Protection, and Health & Safety
• Access to a suite of external, certified resources via our Learning Management System
• Supportive continuous professional development culture with an annual appraisal and objectives, or a Personal Development Plan
• Opportunities to undertake both internal and external training courses, including potential for in-house Apprenticeships
• Full terms on our benefits can be found in our Handbook