Job title: Catering Assistant
Contract type: Permanent, Part time & Fixed Term opportunities, Monday to Friday
Salary: £20,700 - £24,300
Location: Cambridge (CB2)

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Catering Assistant, with quality catering and hospitality experience, to join a dynamic and customer focused catering team, working to produce and deliver excellent service to all Cambridge staff, guests, and visitors.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

We are recruiting for multiple Catering Assistants covering permanent, and fixed term contract positions: 

• x1 Permanent; 35 hours per week Monday to Friday
• x1 Fixed Term Contract (until 31st December 2024); 35 hours per week Monday to Friday

As a Catering Assistant, you will be working Monday – Friday. Earliest start time of 7am with latest finish time 4pm. 

We have two main sites at Cambridge: Triangle - Main dining area, coffee stand, Grab & Go, and a pizzeria. University Printing House is across the road and a minute walk from Triangle which has a main dining area and cafe. 

Duties will include: 

• To serve customers with a friendly and professional manner.
• Assist with the preparation of our Grab and Go items.
• Set up the servery and display counters.
• Ensure all the service, eating areas and catering equipment are always clean.
• Take payment on the cashless catering tills and kiosks.

About you

The ideal Catering Assistant will have proven customer service skills gained through experience working in within a high-volume restaurant / café environment. You will be an enthusiastic and self-motivated team player with great attention to detail and the ability to bring and share new ideas.

You will be able to plan your own work and have the demonstrative ability to manage your workload when under pressure to meet multiple deadlines.

Enjoy contributing to the excellent reputation of the department and bring a positive and friendly attitude to the Team.

You will possess a customer service qualification as a minimum; a hospitality qualification is desirable.

Please view the full job description at the bottom of this advert for more information.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• Group personal pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Green travel schemes
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

We will consider any work arrangements if you require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.

We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Monday 6th May 2024. Interviews may be carried out on a rolling basis so you may be invited to interview prior to the closing date. In the event we find a suitable applicant, we may close the advert early  

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.

Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to issue sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Visa route for this role as it does not meet the minimum skill and/or salary requirements.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where everyone has a voice, and where we learn continuously to improve together. Ensuring that everyone feels they belong is essential to who we are, and to the contribution we make to society and our planet.

We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.