Food & Beverage Assistant (FM10183R)

Job title Food & Beverage Assistant

Department Campus Services

Salary £10.90 per hour

Grade Grade 2

Placed on Friday 20 January 2023

Closing date Wednesday 08 February 2023

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference FM10183R

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This role is eligible for the Campus Services New Starter and Refer a Friend bonuses. Please see below.

Looking to start your career in hospitality? We have a vacancy for a Food & Beverage Assistant!

This role will mainly be based at Food Direct, which provides hospitality to meetings and events across campus. You will be required to ensure that the day to day running of the catering operation is smooth and that customers are provided with a high standard of service at all times.

About the role:

Your responsibilities will include:

Preparing trolleys with food and drink for delivery across campus

Delivering and collecting at venues across campus

Serving orders to customers

Assisting with cleaning

Helping other outlets on campus when required

Full details of this role are included in the job description.

This is a full-time, permanent role working 36.5 hours per week.

We are open to consider a variety of flexible work options, including part time or compressed hours, so if you are unable to work the hours advertised, but would like to explore alternative flexible options, including a 4-day week, then we would still like to hear from you. Please note your preferred work options in your application form.

About you:

You will have some experience of providing an excellent standard of customer service in a customer focussed environment. Previous experience of working in the Hospitality industry would be an advantage, but we welcome all applications. You should be a good team worker and be able to be calm and professional in high pressure situations, as it can be extremely busy during peak times.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact [email protected] however please ensure that you submit your application through the University website by uploading your CV.

Training and uniforms are provided. There are opportunities for development and to seek promotion in this role.

What we can offer you:

We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations. We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award.

A family-friendly University with an increasingly agile workforce, we are open to flexible working arrangements. We're also proud to be a disability confident leader and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require.

We offer:

Competitive employer contributory pension scheme;

Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance;

Opportunities for enhanced weekend pay rates, where hospitality outlets are open at weekends;

Excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce;

Wide range of personal and professional development opportunities;

Up to 20 hours a year personal development time for fitness classes, training, volunteering and charity work;

A commitment to the wellbeing of our teams, with mindfulness sessions, fitness boot camps and free health checks

Regular awards for shining stars, from £20 Love2Shop vouchers, up to annual awards of £750

Great staff social events

A staff suggestion scheme, with the chance to share your ideas and earn a £20 voucher

There are a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for. Please visit the following webpages for more information:

Relocation Procedure

Visa Reimbursement Scheme

Interest-Free Loan Scheme

Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated , respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

This role is eligible for the Campus Services New Starter bonus. Apply today and if you are appointed, receive an additional £500 one month after starting and £500 on successfully passing your probation period (six months). subject to Terms & Conditions.

This role is eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus. If a University staff member has ‘referred' you to apply for this vacancy, please ensure when applying you select ‘Employer Referral' and enter the name of the relevant person when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?'

Further details:

Job Description & Person Specification

Terms of Employment

Visa information

If you think you may require a visa to work in the UK, you should refer

to our guidance on the Skilled Worker Visa before embarking on a job application to ensure you understand the requirements for sponsorship. You may be eligible to work in the UK via other alternative visa routes such as the Global Talent Visa or by having Settlement / Indefinite Leave to Remain − please refer to our Staff Immigration webpages for further details.

Update to our application process

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any

assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.