Food and Beverage Assistants – Based at Preston

The Food and Beverage department at Myerscough College are looking to recruit highly motivated people to join our Food and Beverage Team on a full-time contract. This role is a great opportunity to build customer service skills and develop a career within food and hospitality industry.

The Team operates all year round delivering a high-quality Food and Beverage offer to both Students and the public. We have several different food outlets across the campus with big plans for the future.

During vacation times we have a number of conferences that we hold throughout the year.

We are looking for team members who are passionate about delivering a consistent high standard of customer service. You will need to work a flexible schedule including days, evenings, weekends.

You must be a Team Player but also display initiative and positivity.

About you:

You will have;

• A passion to learn and no experience necessary
• A can-do attitude towards tasks
• Able to demonstrate a strong customer service ethos and the ability to deliver consistently high levels of service standards
• Be a team player
• Ability to adapt to changing working demands
• Attention to detail and ability to follow instructions
• Able to work flexibly on a rota basis to include evenings and weekends
• Able to undertake physical lifting and manual tasks
• Proven Reliability and Responsibility
• An interest in working and developing a career in the food, beverage and retail industry

What we can offer you:

• A well-rounded skill set for the Hospitality industry including food safety and allergy training
• Up to 31 Holiday days per year, university closure dates and bank holidays subject to business demands.
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Personal development and training opportunities within hospitality and catering

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

Should a successful candidate be found prior to the closing date we have the right to remove this advert.

Please note that as part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, our background screening checks include limited online searches. Online searches will only be undertaken in respect of the successful candidate, as a pre-conditional term of our job offer.

Safeguarding our students is of paramount importance. Our recruitment process has been designed to keep students safe and to ensure that we appoint safe and suitable people.

All successful applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment background and safeguarding checks.

The successful applicant will be responsible for complying with all safeguarding policies and practices, and for ensuring student safety and wellbeing is at the forefront of everything they do.

This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We are an equal opportunity employer; we want all our candidates to have a fair and equal opportunity to secure employment with us. We encourage applications from all underrepresented groups: BAME applicants, disabled applicants, and LGBT+ applicants.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, due to a disability, then please speak with a member of the People team.

As a disability confident employer, we commit to guaranteeing an interview for any disabled applicant who meets all of the essential criteria.

Hours

various, up to 37 hours per week

Department

Commercial Services

Location

Myerscough College (Preston)

Reference No

FBA-P264

Closing Date

Friday 26 April 2024