Kitchen Porter - Zero Hours

The Venues Collection; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality service provider in the UK is looking for a dedicated kitchen staff member to maintain cleanliness and assist in food preparation. The role involves adherence to health and safety protocols while ensuring excellent service delivery. Candidates should demonstrate effective communication, a positive attitude under pressure, and integrity in their work. This position offers competitive pay and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

Annual leave and bank holidays

Meals on duty

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Competent in the English language, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrate a can-do attitude towards requests.
• Self-supervise when working alone.

Responsibilities

• Ensure kitchen cleanliness and equipment management.
• Assist with stocktaking as requested.
• Report health and safety hazards to the team.

Skills

Good communication

Ability to work under pressure

Integrity

Passion for service delivery

Job description

To ensure the kitchen is kept clean - including using equipment as required, to ensure equipment is cleaned as required, to use pan wash machine, to ensure equipment is returned to the correct place once cleaned, to prepare vegetables for use by chefs as requested, to vacuum pack foods as requested, to check off and put away deliveries - ensuring stock rotation, to take out food waste, general waste and recyclable waste and ensure it is disposed of in the correct bin, to work in a safe manner to ensure safety of yourself and others, to communicate effectively with the kitchen to ensure successful service periods, to adhere to all training / guidelines given for the following policies and procedures: health & safety, food handling, COSHH, uniform standards, personal protective equipment, manual handling and fire regulations, to complete and update all food safety and health & safety paperwork correctly during your shift to ensure full compliance, to be responsible for the cleanliness of the kitchen during and at the end of your shift, ensuring Health and Safety hazards, issues, near misses and accidents are reported to a senior member of the team at the earliest opportunity.

Responsibilities and Qualities

• To demonstrate a can-do attitude towards requests and strive to exceed customer expectations
• To complete all compulsory training as requested by a senior member of the team
• To follow all company and unit profit protection procedures, reporting any issues to your line manager
• To assist with stocktaking as requested
• To ensure all team members are treated with respect
• To be flexible and comply with any reasonable requests made by your line Manager including if necessary, working within other units within reasonable distance
• To be able to self-supervise when working alone and to ensure all safety guidelines are upheld
• Good communicator with the ability to liaise with colleagues
• An enthusiastic individual with a passion for excellent service delivery
• Competent in the English language, both written and verbal
• Ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining a positive attitude
• Integrity – respects colleagues & customers
• Health & Safety – follows the right procedures and challenges unsafe behaviour
• Can Do – is flexible and takes initiative
• Passion – is positive & proud of doing a great job
• Responsibility – takes ownership and doesn't leave things to others or say 'it's not my job'

About Yarnfield Park

Great things happen when people get together in our spaces to meet and spaces to sleep at Yarnfield Park. From conferences, meetings, training, and every business event in between our venue provides an informal atmosphere where you and our guests can be themselves. We combine our spaces with a bigger family. Yarnfield Park is part of The Venues Collection – a division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, the market leader in contract catering & support services. Part of Compass Group UK&I, we are a grouping of seven easily accessible event spaces with hotel-like residential and leisure facilities, which all sit under the brand name The Venues Collection. Located across the UK, our venues all feature stylish and individual event spaces, including both contemporary and historic meeting areas. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses. Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

Job Reference

Job Reference: com/1311/M25406/52775118/SU #Venues Collection Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive – because diversity is our strength!

Compensation and Benefits

£12.60 per hour + excellent benefits including healthcare, wellbeing support, 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, life assurance, meals on duty, and more. Overall Purpose of the Role: To work in the kitchen ensuring the production of high-quality food and following all legal requirements in line with contractual obligations and company expectations ensuring the delivery of excellent food and following of all health & safety and food safety requirements at all times.

• Medicash - Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare - Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts - up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts - Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts - Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts - Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodaphone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + BH's and additional day off for your birthday
• 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for baby's first birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On-going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products