Catering Assistant
Gloucester
This is a Gloucester City Council job.
- Job Title: Catering Assistant
- Job Location: Cemeteries & Crematorium
- Salary: £11.59 per hour
- Contract Type: Casual
- Closing Date: 17/05/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 8991
- This post is not open to job share
We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester. Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day. We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance.
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the Bereavement Services catering team at Coney Hill Cemetery and Crematorium. You will report to the Bereavement services catering supervisor, We are a small friendly team operating within the public sector providing a catering facilities to bereaved families and the general public. We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to become part of the Bereavement services catering team in the day to day running of the facility on site at the Cemetery and Crematorium.
What we need from you
Main duties will be preparing and serving food and drink, taking bookings from funeral directors and the general public person and by phone. Attention to detail is essential as this is a key role in ensuring all food is presented to a high standard.
You will be dealing with the bereaved in often stressful circumstances; it is therefore essential that you have a high level of empathy and good communication and customer care skills. Hours may vary between the hours of 9:00am – 7:00pm Monday - Friday.
How to apply…
If you feel you have the skills, desire, experience and passion to help deliver our ambitious plans for the city then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Carly Locke via email at Carly.Hughes@gloucester.gov.uk.
Closing date 17/05/2024
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 31/05/2024
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-
Catering Assistant - Job Profile
Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Equality and Diversity
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.
We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability.
We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here
If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.