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Casual General Assistant

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Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Casual General Assistant to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

  • Assisting with the preparation and serving of all meals and beverages to customers
  • Ensuring that the kitchen and service areas are clean and tidy
  • Ensuring health and safety regulations are followed
  • Maintaining outstanding levels of customer service
  • General cleaning of the food areas


 

The Ideal Candidate

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • First class communication skills and demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail
  • The ability to demonstrate great team work

Package Description

Here at Reading Blue Coat School we currently have an opportunity for two Food Service Assistants to join our team. The role will be covering weekends and evenings.

This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Job Role Responsibilities will also include

  • To take part in functions as required.
  • To provide a professional service of wines, spirits, beers and associated products ensuring accurate measures and charges. Waiting time for customers should be kept to a minimum.
  • To take responsibility for cash and stock whilst on shift ensuring that they are controlled at all times. Security Procedures must be followed. To cash up after each shift in strict adherence to company policy.
  • Maintain temperature checks of all fridges and coolers.
  • Ensure that the bar area maintains a high level of cleanliness by strict adherence to the cleaning roster and effective clearance ensuring that the bar environment is free from debris and dirty glasses at all times.
  • To ensure that glasses are checked for cleanliness before use, dirty glasses are cleared regularly
  • Serving food and beverages in a professional manner with high levels of customer service
  • Setting and cleaning tables and service areas
  • To ensure all documentation procedures are followed accurately as required, ie meal vouchers, daily meal sheets, etc
  • Explain how various menu items are prepared, describing ingredients and cooking methods
  • Presenting menus to customers and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request
  • Removing dishes and glasses from tables or counters, and take them to kitchen for cleaning.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

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