Catering Assistant (Part time, Multiple Roles)

Area

NH Catering Halls

Location

University Park

Salary

£25,353 to £26,379 per annum based on a 36.25-hour contract / pro rata if applicable plus additional 15% payment for hours worked at the weekend. Posts are initially offered at the minimum salary point £13.45 per hour, with progression to the higher salary point,£13.99 per

Closing Date

Open Until Filled

Reference

NHE8668026

The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China and Malaysia. Our award-winning Nottingham campus is only 15 minutes by bus or tram to our vibrant city centre.

Your role as a Catering Assistant:

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking people, who have a keen eye for detail and who will take pride in their work and are passionate about food and delivering great service for every customer and will proactively go out of their ways to exceed customer expectations.

Working within any retail catering unit at University Park/Jubilee Campus, you will be responsible for serving customers, using our tills and supporting with general cleaning within the area where you work to include working within the dishwash/potwash area and adhering to all food safety and health and safety regulations, standards, policies, procedures and codes of practice.

As a member of our team, you will have a positive and energetic approach and be a colleague that the team look forward to working with and building strong relationships with others to accomplish tasks and shared goals. You will have an eye for detail and aim to deliver the exceptional operational standards required particularly at busy service times.

Further details about the duties and responsibilities can be found on the attached job role profile.

Available Positions

Please note - these are core positions within our retail units, due to operational and business needs candidates are required to have full flexibility and ability to work the full range of shifts and work time patterns stated below on notice as per below Monday to Friday to include occasional weekends. See specific list of required shifts below:

Shifts will be planned on a rotational pattern and not necessarily within the traditional term time. If you are applying for these positions, please ensure you have full availability/flexibility. - More information will be provided on the interview.

Post 1 - Hours of work 20 hours per week (5 days out of 7 to be arranged, mainly Monday to Friday to include occasional weekends) working a range of shifts on a rotational pattern between the hours 10.00am and 8.00pm for 30.6 working weeks of the year on a permanent fractional contract. Flexibility will be required. – covering retail units within University Park and/or Jubilee on notice.

This position will attract 15% pay uplift allowance for hours worked at the weekend.

Post 2 - Hours of work 25 hours per week (5 days out of 7 to be arranged, mainly Monday to Friday to include occasional weekends) working a range of shifts on a rotational pattern between the hours 08.00am and 6.00pm for 33 or 52 working weeks of the year on a permanent contract. Flexibility will be required. – covering retail units within University Park and/or Jubilee on notice.

These positions will attract 15% pay uplift allowance for hours worked at the weekend.

What we offer:

• Permanent contract. Working either on a rolling permanent fractional contract or all year-round basis (traditional rolling 52 weeks of the year basis contract).
• An excellent holiday allowance: For staff working all year-round contracts holiday allowance of 27 days (pro rota if applicable), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays. For staff working on a fractional basis holiday entitlement will be calculated accordingly (yearly rota is provided in advance with designated holiday allowance for these posts)
• Employee Assistance Programme/Counselling Service- 24/7 support.
• Uniform provide plus the tools you need to do a great job.
• We are committed to staff development/provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• Access to all range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more see our benefits website
• Uniform provide plus the tools you need to do a great job.

Successful candidates will be expected to attend induction training courses which will run each month, Monday to Friday on University Park Campus. Further details will be given at the interview.

The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 20 minutes.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to our Estates Recruitment email at [email protected] Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted. Please quote ref. NHE1946844

All of our vacancies are available to view at: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx