Catering Partner
Posted 7 hours 24 minutes ago by John Lewis Partnership
Our Catering Assistants work in our Partner dining rooms in various Partnership locations. Wherever you work, you'll offer the great service we're known for, to fellow Partners. It can be fast paced but by taking great pride in your food preparation and presentation standards, you'll ensure the best possible catering experience. You'll also support with other catering related tasks, including stock replenishment and storage of deliveries.
Key Responsibilities- Work as a team to ensure a smooth catering service.
- Provide positive Partner interactions with a friendly and welcoming attitude.
- Follow procedures and instructions using the 'Health and Safety at Work Act' and 'Food Safety Act' when completing all relevant tasks.
- Ensure stock is replenished and available for our customers.
- Reduce food wastage by ensuring care and due diligence when rotating food stock.
- Act promptly and use your initiative to resolve any issues that arise in the operation.
- Maintain personal hygiene standards.
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
- Previous catering experience.
- Worked in a forward thinking customer facing environment.
- Food Safety level 2 & 3.
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate.
37.5 hours of full-time work, per week. Early and late shifts over seven days. Earliest start time 0700hrs; latest finishing time 1930hrs.
Important points to noteIt's important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you'll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.