Department : University Catering

Position Type : Facilities Support

Grade 1 (£16,460 per annum pro-rata)

Permanent roles and Fixed Term Contract available. Various hours of work including 16, 20 or 25 hours and contracts of either 32 and 52 weeks per year. 
£16,035 (per annum, pro rata)

Our Food Service Assistants play a key role ensuring the smooth running of the food service operation. This helps us achieve an outstanding student experience and guest satisfaction. We focus on personality rather than experience when recruiting new team members. We seek individuals with creativity, a ‘thinking outside the box’ approach and the desire to be the very best in everything they do. Think you have that 'sparkle' and 'can-do' attitude we look for in all of our team? Are you excited about becoming part of a team that strives to be the best? Then we want to hear from you!

“Passionately delivering an outstanding experience”

We are a team of over 500, providing fresh and exciting catering throughout Durham University. This includes college dining halls, college bars, college cafés, visitor attractions and branded retail catering outlets. 
Our students are extremely important to us but we also provide catering to University colleagues, commercial guests, and VIPs including royalty. 
Catering team members are responsible for providing a professional, responsive and efficient customer-facing catering service to students, staff and visitors, ensuring that food service areas are presented, served, replenished and cleaned to an exceptional standard and in line with standard operating procedures. Catering team members will be expected to adopt and promote a flexible approach to working, and to undertake any or all of the tasks outlined below regardless of their designated shift. 
Successful candidates are expected to promote a positive image of University Catering and Durham University at all times.

We would encourage early applications, as numbers at the recruitment event are limited. This vacancy may close earlier than advertised if the limit is reached.

Closes midday on : 16-Aug-2019