Food and Beverage Staff

Job Introduction

Hopetoun House are currently looking for Food and Beverage Staff to join their team. It is one of Scotland’s finest Stately Homes and is managed by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust. Hopetoun currently welcomes around 50,000 visitors per year and is graded as a 5 Star attraction by Visit Scotland. 

We are looking for :

• Barista
• Front of House / Back of House Staff

Benefits:

• Uniform Provided
• Training provided such as Barista training, working in the kitchen producing Deli filled rolls, home made soup, scones, assembling beautiful afternoon teas.
• Meals on duty for 6 plus hours shift
• Opportunities to work at Cafe Portrait in Edinburgh, nearby Dundas Castle and events at Hopetoun House

Rate of Pay: £10.42 plus depending on experience with view to paying more on review after 3 months

Working Hours: Monday- Wednesday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday, Closed  every Tuesday. Some Wednesdays and Saturdays due to events. Shifts will be from 8am to 5.30pm.

Role Responsibility

• Preparing coffees and serving customers with a smile
• Serving food from hot food/deli counter
• To deliver and maintain highest standards of customer service in the café bar.
• To produce & serve all drinks to brand standards & recipes.
• To assist/complete routine stock counting, stock take, layouts, restocking and promotion set up.
• To rotate all stock and ensure that no out of date stock is on shelves.
• To clean equipment, shelving, refrigeration, and counters as needed to ensure that the café is maintained to the highest standard of cleanliness at all times.
• To be able to work as a member of a team or on own initiative as working hours dictate

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience working as a barista in a café environment
• Previous experience as a front of house/ back of house staff
• Excellent communication skills
• Reliable 
• Positive work attitude

Own transport is essential as the site is not supported by public transport or must live local.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

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