Kitchen Porter - Summer Fixed Term

Dakota Glasgow; Glasgow; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Dakota Glasgow is seeking a hard-working Kitchen Porter for a summer position, requiring full-time hours and responsible for cleaning duties. The role offers a competitive hourly wage, weekly payment, benefits including discounts, and ongoing development opportunities. Ideal candidates will have prior experience and a strong work ethic.

Benefits

40 per cent off stays at any Dakota

25 per cent off drinks and dining at any Dakota

Access to our Employee Assistance Program

£200 bonus to recommend a friend

Additional holiday day on the first anniversary

Qualifications

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

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.
• Follow health and safety procedures and maintain a comprehensive knowledge of safe chemical handling.

Skills

Hard-working

Attention to detail

Ability to work at pace

Reliability

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02.06.2025

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Job Description:

Dakota Hotel based in Glasgow City Centreare seeking a hard-working individual suitable for a cleaning-based role for the position of Kitchen Porter. Working full time, this role requires the individual to work over the summer period from 1st June 2025- 30th September 2025.

CONTRACT AND PAY RATE

Earnings are up to £13.61 per hour, paid weekly (inclusive of the
anticipated tronc payment).

The role carries a temporary contract of a minimum of 40 hours per week, working any 5 days out of 7.

PRIMARY ROLE 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.

BENEFITS

In addition to being part of a culture infused with positivity and
opportunity for ongoing development, tangible benefits you could enjoy when you
join our team include:

• 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
  
  - 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.

ABOUT DAKOTA HOTELS

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 andmore 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 byThe Caterer to
the ‘Top 30 under 30’in the industry, demonstrating our success in
developing talent.

Eurocentral| Edinburgh | Glasgow | Leeds | Manchester | Newcastle

Our location, 179 W
Regent St, Glasgow G2 4DP, is easily accessible by bus and train, being less
than a 15min walk from Buchannan St Bus Station, Queen St and Central Station.
With discounted car parking for both guests and team members at Charing Cross
and Cambridge Street car parks.

We are an 83-bedroom
luxury hotel boasting a destination cocktail bar, Jack’s Bar, cigar terrace,
champagne room, and brasserie-style Grill.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

The successful applicant will have/be:

Have a 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 as this training will be provided upon starting

A reliable and dependable individual who is able to work well alone.

Hard-working individual who is able to work at pace.

• 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.

APPLY

Please send us your up to date CV.

Visit ourCareers pageto
learn about current opportunities and find your #DreamRolesAtDakota – we’d love
to hear from you!

For more information on our luxury hotel, please visit our:

• Website
• Dakota Hotels InstagramorDakota Glasgow Instagram