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Catering Assistant

Catering Assistant

Harlow College

Essex

  • £18,432 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
3 July 2022

Job overview

CATERING ASSISTANT 

Salary £18,432 per annum

Located in Stansted Airport College

Full Time (Hours: 7.45am – 3.30pm) 

Permanent

About the team

The catering team are pivotal in providing an excellent customer focused catering service to the College

About the role

This is a hands-on role and will involve setting up the catering outlet, with the support of a chef, ready to offer breakfast, breaks and lunch service of hot and cold dishes, snacks, confectionary and drinks. You will be required to replenish the counter and vending machines throughout the day to ensure a swift service for customers.  The successful candidate should ideally have a sound knowledge of customer service and worked in a busy catering environment but this is not essential. As a Catering Assistant you will be involved in all aspects of the hospitality service including basic food preparation, food service, and other duties associated with the retail operations including using a till.

What we are looking for

* A good team player 

* Flexibility to travel between our Stansted Airport and Harlow campus

* Have a passion and commitment to provide good customer service 

* Have a flexible and positive approach 

* Have excellent communication skills 

* Have an understanding of food hygiene regulations

We are particularly interested in candidates who have proven experience in a catering assistant’s role.  

What we can offer

The successful candidate can expect the College to fund any training required for the role, investment in their professional development, opportunities to further their career as well as an excellent benefits package including 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, Pension scheme, Cycle to work scheme and many more!

To apply

Please visit http://www.harlow-college.ac.uk/about-us/jobs to download an application pack. Please ensure that you return the equality and diversity form with your application form as your application will not be progressed without it.

Still unsure if this is the right role for you? 

Contact Stuart Smith or Joanne Pearson on 01279 868 315 for an informal discussion.

When applying for this role, please reference where you initially saw this job as your application source when asked.

Closing date for applications 3rd July 2022

Please note training for this role will take place at our Harlow College campus.

This college is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.


As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applications from all sections of the community.


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About Harlow College

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The locality

Harlow is strategically placed on the West Essex/Hertfordshire border at the centre of the London, Stansted, Cambridge corridor, one of the fastest growing and economically important areas in the UK. Significant local employers include GlaxoSmith Kline, Raytheon UK, Stansted Airport and Public Health England who are soon to relocate to Harlow. The area also has a thriving manufacturing industry that sits within the supply chain of many large multi-national companies. This means that Harlow College is at the forefront of providing the pipeline for the future workforce in scientific and technical disciplines, as well as, the service economy that supports any thriving region.   

The surrounding area includes many attractive villages, which, like the town itself, also serve as dormitory suburbs of London.  

About the College

 Harlow College is a strong and successful further education college which aims to provide our students with “Not just courses, careers”, providing them with the skills to achieve 1st class destinations and employment.  

We place learners at the heart of all we do, and were graded as good by Ofsted who commented that ‘Learners make good progress because their teachers plan lessons and good resources that make learning challenging and stimulating’. Our progress measure (value-added) places us as the top college in the country for A Level progress and in the top 1% for academic and vocational progress.  

We offer the widest range of post-16 courses in the area and we have excellent links with employers - giving access to work placements that genuinely help improve career prospects. We also run an extensive range of Apprenticeships including higher apprenticeships which complement our degrees and foundation degrees offered through Anglia Ruskin University and our own Higher National Certificate and Diploma provision. In addition, we work extensively across the area working with adults by providing short vocational courses leading directly to employment.  

The College is a multi-million pound campus and substantial investment has resulted in buildings are which are truly inspirational and have cutting edge facilities. These include salons, restaurants, broadcast facilities, a theatre, recording and multimedia studios, a category C biohazard science lab, a healthcare mobility suite and a creche. The most recent of these is our Harlow Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Centre opening in January 2016 an £11 million investment.   

Curriculum

The College has a strong reputation for the quality of its provision and for the richness and breadth of its curriculum. It also has a reputation for the care it gives to its students and for the attention it gives to their personal growth.  The college is at the forefront of curriculum innovation, working closely with employers to ensure students leave with the qualifications and the knowledge and competence needed for future life and a career.

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