Catering Assistant - Westlakes Campus

When you work for the University of Central Lancashire, you’ll be part of a thriving community of talent that’s united in a common commitment to transform lives. We do this by delivering an outstanding educational experience and creating prosperity and opportunity in the communities we serve. Whatever your role, you’ll be playing a vital part in helping us achieve our vision.

We are seeking two friendly and welcoming Catering Assistants to join our team at our Westlakes campus near Whitehaven.

About the job:

Reporting to our Catering Manager you will be a member of a catering and wider facilities team who provide catering to both residential and non-residential students, as well as assisting with catering for activities and events. You will undertake a variety of tasks, maintaining the service areas and associated cleaning and providing excellent customer service.

About You:

No previous experience is necessary as we will provide you with full training including basic food safety. We just require you to have GSCE (or equivalent) Maths and English and be able to follow basic instructions and be a friendly smiling face to all our students and staff.

This role is a permanent role and is term-time only, which means that you will only be working for 36 weeks of the year (during term time). We will require flexibility across the week during term time (including weekends) but it means that you are not required to work during the vacation periods. Your pay will be spread across the year which means that you will be paid the same salary every month whether it is term time or vacation.

Applicants need to meet all essential criteria on the person specification to be considered for interview.

If you have any questions or queries then please contact Julie Ford

What we can offer you:

Our people are our most important asset. We’ll encourage you to make the most of your talents and continually develop your skills and knowledge. As well as realising your career ambitions, you’ll be making a positive difference to other people’s lives. We also offer a fantastic package of rewards and lifestyle benefits – from an attractive annual leave entitlement to access to a comprehensive employee benefits platform.

We are proud to be a diverse, multicultural university. We are committed to building a truly inclusive culture where diversity is championed. Applications are particularly welcomed from individuals who will support the diversification within the University and support its development of a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

The University is committed to providing a safe environment to study, work and visit, protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm and abuse. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedure outlines our approach, alongside other internal policies, procedures and guidance which can be found on our Safeguarding page.

Applicants applying for roles in regulated activity and that are listed as an exception under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required to disclose any spent and unspent convictions and undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check at the appropriate level, the University will only ask an applicant to make an application for a DBS check if they are legally entitled to.