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DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED; Perth; On-site; GBP 12,398,000 - 15,154,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Staff discounts: 50% in restaurants, 0

Discounts in Garden Centre

Discounts in food halls

Stream earnings access

Retail Trust access

Dobbies Academy

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED in Perth is seeking a Kitchen Porter to support our restaurant team. You will help with kitchen duties, dishwasher operations and maintaining food hygiene to a high standard.

This part-time on-site role offers generous annual leave, staff discounts across stores, access to wellbeing and development programmes, and a friendly, supportive team culture in a historic company serving customers across the UK.

Responsibilities

• Working proactively and supporting general kitchen duties
• Ensure smooth running of restaurant operations including cleaning, dishwasher operations and equipment availability
• Working alongside the kitchen team to ensure your customers are presented with their meal to a high standard and on time
• Developing your knowledge of dietary requirements, allergens and health & safety

Job description

Our Kitchen Porters play an essential role in delivering an exceptional customer experience across our Restaurants - delivering tasty food, ensuring food hygiene and maintaining high operational standards.

Responsibilities

Working proactively and supporting general kitchen duties

Ensure smooth running of restaurant operations including cleaning, dishwasher operations and equipment availability

Working alongside the kitchen team to ensure your customers are presented with their meal to a high standard and on time

Developing your knowledge of dietary requirements, allergens and health & safety

What we offer

Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required

Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls

Access to Stream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice

Access to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform

Access to Dobbies Academy – continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes

Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers

About us

At Dobbies, we’re proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK.

Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round.

Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for.

We’re committed to being a great place to work. We’re one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Kitchen Porter

Company: DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED Hours: Part-time Location: Perth, PH1 3JJ Working pattern: On-site Job type: Permanent Posting date: 11 Sept 2026 Closing date: 26 Sept 2026

Summary

Our Kitchen Porters play an essential role in delivering an exceptional customer experience across our Restaurants - delivering tasty food, ensuring food hygiene and maintaining high operational standards.

Responsibilities

Working proactively and supporting general kitchen duties

Ensure smooth running of restaurant operations including cleaning, dishwasher operations and equipment availability

Working alongside the kitchen team to ensure your customers are presented with their meal to a high standard and on time

Developing your knowledge of dietary requirements, allergens and health & safety

What we offer

Generous annual leave entitlement. Use your holidays when you want with limited statutory days off required

Treat yourself with generous uncapped discount across our stores with 50% off in our Restaurants, 25% off in the Garden Centre and 10% off in our food halls

Access to Stream – support your financial wellbeing, with ability to access earnings ahead of pay day, save for the future and financial advice

Access to Retail Trust – seek confidential support, access to a virtual GP, free counselling service and discounted retail rewards with our employee wellbeing platform

Access to Dobbies Academy – continue your development with our eLearning platform and development programmes

Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to making it work for our customers

About us

At Dobbies, we’re proud to have a history dating back to 1865. We were founded by James Dobbie and are the only garden centre retailer to have stores in every nation across the UK.

Our passion and joy for gardens and plants is what makes us special. In our stores, we showcase this through own brand and branded products, concession partners and services. We champion garden living all-year-round.

Many of our stores feature a restaurant or coffee shop, where customers can enjoy refreshments or meals in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

We offer a calendar of events and experiences that bring people and communities together, and we have a national charity partner that both our colleagues and customers raise money for.

We’re committed to being a great place to work. We’re one team and we encourage our colleagues to be the best version of themselves, every day; to share their wins and celebrate success. Together, we make it work for our customers.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.