Senior Café and Catering Assistant

Plumpton College; Plumpton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in England is seeking a Senior Café and Catering Assistant to manage the daily operations of their dining room, ensuring excellent service to students and staff. The ideal candidate should have catering experience and be a confident team player. This role offers opportunities to lead catering for events and provides a supportive work environment with generous benefits.

Benefits

Up to 26 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Free onsite gym access

Discounted Plumpton courses

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in catering or food services.
• Professional demeanor and confidence in service.
• Ability to work well in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the College dining room.
• Ensure high-quality service for students, staff, and visitors.
• Lead catering arrangements for events and functions.

Skills

Team player

Customer service

Catering experience

Job description

Job Information

Job Title: Senior Café and Catering Assistant
Company: Plumpton College
Closing Date: 03-11-2025
Location: Plumpton, Lewes
Salary: Up to £28,039 depending on experience
Hours: 39h per week, on a rota basis as agreed with line manager

Benefits

• Up to 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Up to 5 efficiency days at Christmas
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Comprehensive CPD;
• TOTUM card;
• Employee Assistance Programme;
• Free onsite parking;
• Discounted Plumpton wine;
• Staff discounts on Plumpton courses;
• Free eye tests;
• Cycle to work scheme;
• Free use of the onsite gym;
• 26 days annual leave, 8 statutory days, up to 5 efficiency days (additional)

How to Apply

Complete the Application Form and Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form and submit via email to [e-mail]

Responsibilities

The Senior Café and Catering Assistant plays a leading role in our in‑house catering team, supporting the work of the Catering Coordinator in delivering an outstanding catering service to our students and staff. This role is responsible for the day‑to‑day operation and provision of our main College dining room, located at the heart of our large campus just outside Lewes, East Sussex. The dining room provides a three‑meal service for our residential students and is the main hub for our lunch service to students, staff and visitors. Staff in our dining room support provision at the Graze Café in the new AgriFood building, which is open for HE students, staff and external visitors.

The successful candidate will work with the catering team to ensure high‑quality service and a positive customer experience. They will also have opportunities to lead on arranging catering provision for internal meetings, events and functions and providing high‑quality catering services to our staff, students and external visitors. The ideal candidate will be a professional, hardworking and confident team player with a track record of working in a similar environment or in fresh produce catering establishments.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be a professional, hardworking, and confident team player with a track record of working in a similar environment or in fresh produce catering establishments.

Additional Information

As we are hoping to recruit into this role within the next 4 weeks, we reserve the right to call candidates to interview or withdraw this vacancy at any time if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note, we are unable to offer Visa sponsorship for this role.

With over 5,000 students, excellent resources, and a drive for continuous improvement, Plumpton College is actively seeking staff who want to make a difference and be part of this exciting phase of our development. At Plumpton College we are Ambitious & Progressi­ve, Enterprising, Professional, Supportive and Passionate about everything we do – if you share these values and would like to be part of our growing team then we’d like to hear from you.