Kitchen Porter

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Oxford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering business in Oxford is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support kitchen operations during term time. This role involves maintaining cleanliness, assisting chefs, and providing excellent customer service. Ideal candidates will have strong organizational skills and a passion for teamwork, with opportunities for career advancement and various benefits.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

Wider wallet scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Training and development opportunities

Team and company social events

Qualifications

• Experience of pot wash duties preferred.
• Can do attitude.
• Good understanding of verbal and written English.

Responsibilities

• Maintain kitchen hygiene and cleanliness standards.
• Assist chefs with food preparation.
• Operate industrial dishwasher and clean kitchen equipment.

Skills

Team Player

Customer Service

Organizational Skills

Job description

Kitchen Porter Oxford Contract: , Permanent
Salary: £21,141
Hours: per week

A pre-prep and preparatory day and boarding school for boys (with co-ed nursery) in Oxford. Catering for 180 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of breakfast, lunch, snacks and supper with a limited hospitality offering. This is a term-time only contract working 34 weeks. So working pattern will be 5 day a week mon-friday 9.30-5pm. .

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Kitchen Porter to join our established & friendly team at our prestigious location in Oxford.

You'll be playing a big part in keeping the kitchen hygienic, safe, and up to our very high standards of cleanliness.

Key skills:

• Experience of pot wash duties would be an advantage
• Excellent customer service skills
• Great team player
• Be able to help the Chefs with some food prep
• Ensure high standards of cleanliness at all times
• Clean and maintain all kitchen equipment
• Clean allocated pieces of heavy catering equipment using instructions and cleaning materials including air filter and extraction systems.
• Operate industrial dishwasher

We are looking for:

• Kitchen Porter experience is preferred, but not essential.
• Can do attitude.
• Organisation Skills.

Knowledge / competencies:

• 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.