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Catering Assistant

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Catering Assistant
Location: Lilleshall National Sports Centre, TF10 9AT
Salary: Paying up to £12.71 per hour depending on experience, plus excellent benefits
Schedule: Part time 22.5 hours per week typically 06:30am – 9:00pm, including weekends.
Make a positive difference every day
At Serco, we're pleased to be recruiting on behalf of Lilleshall National Sports Centre.
Lilleshall National Sports Centre encourages active, healthy lifestyles across the local community. Providing affordable access to a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in a safe, clean, friendly and welcoming space, their goal is to support healthier and happier lives for everyone. Delivering these services relies on an enthusiastic, customer-focused team, and they're now looking for a Catering Assistant to join their team and help make a positive difference every day.
As a Catering Assistant, you'll help create a welcoming dining experience for visitors, athletes and members of the local community. From preparing and serving food to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and customer care, your work has purpose and helps deliver a positive impact on communities. Every shift is an opportunity to support wellbeing, encourage healthy lifestyles and help impact a better future through great service.
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What you’ll do as a Catering Assistant
- Serve customers in the dining areas with a friendly, professional and welcoming approach
- Prepare and present food to agreed quality and hygiene standards
- Maintain cleanliness and food safety standards across all catering areas
- Gather customer feedback and support continuous service improvements
- Support colleagues and supervisors with day-to-day catering activities
- Help create a positive environment that encourages customers to return
Does this sound like you?
- Previous experience in a customer-facing environment is desirable
- A Level 2 Food Safety qualification is desirable
- A flexible approach to working hours, including weekends
- A commitment to delivering excellent customer service and care
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
What we offer
- Free gym membership for you and your immediate family
- 21 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- 6% employer matched pension contribution
- Training and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wisdom wellbeing app, Personal Trainer discounts
- Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment, travel, and gym equipment


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Serco Leisure is one of the UK's leading national operators of leisure centres, destination venues and elite sporting facilities, managing sites, services and recruitment on behalf of the Leisure Trust.
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We prioritise your skills and potential, and champion equal opportunities for all. We offer flexible and hybrid working where possible and make reasonable adjustments throughout recruitment and employment.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme: Applicants with disabilities, veterans and people with convictions, who meet the minimum job criteria, are guaranteed an interview. Simply opt into the relevant scheme on the application form.
Ban The Box: We also support fair access for those with unspent criminal convictions through our ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some roles may have security exemptions).
Please note, for many of our roles, a DBS check will be required.
For support with your application, please contact recruitmentuk@serco.com.
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