Catering Assistant

at  Anglia Ruskin University

ABOUT ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

GUIDANCE NOTES:

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.
Job Category

Facilities
Vacancy Type

Permanent
Employment Type

Part time
Salary From

£23,152 per annum, pro rata
Salary To

£23,152 per annum, pro rata
Location

Chelmsford
Faculty/Prof Service

Estates & Facilities Services
Ref No
2993
Closing Date
02/07/2024

The Catering Service in Chelmsford currently operates a main restaurant, coffee shop and provides hospitality for meetings and events. Your can-do attitude will enable you to assist the Catering Operations Manager with food, beverage and hospitality services. You’ll work in our catering outlets, serving customers and operating tills, and will take pride in maintaining a clean and attractive environment for customers. You will also provide catering for meetings and events, preparing simple food items, delivering food and beverages to meeting rooms, setting up for events, and keeping a clean hospitality preparation area. You’ll take pride in providing a high-quality hospitality service.
Although a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, basic food preparation and till experience are desirable, a willingness to learn is more important. We’re happy to offer full training, as well as opportunities for further development, including qualifications. Good communication skills and a strong customer focus are essential.
This role could work either one 7-hour shift per week, or two 3.5-hour shifts, we’re open to discussion. We’re mostly open Monday-Friday during the day, however with advance notice there’s occasional evening and weekend work to cater for events. We offer paid overtime in return for additional hours worked.
If you’re interested in working in catering and pride yourself on providing excellent customer service, we’d love to hear from you.
Informal enquiries can be made to Wendy Wenborn, Catering Operations Manager at wendy.wenborn@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.