University of Nottingham
Catering Assistant (Bars – Multiple Posts)
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Area
Catering - Bars
Location
University Park
Salary
£25,353 to £26,379 per annum based on a 36.25-hour contract / pro rata if applicable.
Posts are initially offered at the minimum salary point £13.45 per hour, with progression to the higher salary point, £13.99 per hour through annual incremental pay rise.
Closing Date
Open Until Filled
Reference
NHE002626
About The University
The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China, and Malaysia. Our award-winning Nottingham campus is only 15 minutes by bus or tram to our vibrant city centre.
About The Role And Team
We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking people, who take pride in their work and enjoy working in fast-paced Catering Environments and who have excellent customer service skills to join our teams at Campus Bars.
Based within one of the busy Campus Bars on University Park, main duties will include serving a range of food and beverages, cash handling, and general cleaning of the Bar and associated areas, providing excellent customer service at all times. Experience of working within a similar fast-paced Bar/food service environment is essential.
As a member of our team, you will have a positive and energetic approach and be a colleague that the team look forward to working with and building strong relationships with others to accomplish tasks and shared goals. You will have a keen eye for detail and aim to deliver exceptional operational service and standards at all times and particularly in demanding and busy service times.
Further details about the duties and responsibilities can be found on the attached job role profile.
Available Positions
These are permanent positions which will attract 20% uplift allowance pay for any hours worked at the weekend. View details of each position below:
Post 1
- Hours of work: 10 per week (includes 2 shifts/5 hours mainly Saturday and Sunday) working on a rotation basis between the hours of 6.00pm and 11.00pm, and occasionally between 1-6pm on a permanent fractional open-ended contract for 30.6 weeks of the year.
- Flexibility to work a range of shifts will be required.
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Post 2
- Hours of work: 15 per week (5 days out of 7 to be arranged mainly Monday to Friday to include regular weekends) working on a rotation basis between the hours of 5.00pm-11.30pm, on a permanent fractional open-ended contract for 30.6 weeks of the year.
- Flexibility to work a range of shifts will be required.
- Please note – Post 2 is a core position - Full flexibility to work a range of varying shifts/work pattern is required which includes working outside of term and university vacation periods.
Applicants interested in these posts should only apply if you have full flexibility/ability to work the full range of shifts/hours to suit the full needs of the business as staff are rota’ed to work all shifts on rotation from shift patterns above. More information will be provided on the interview.
What We Offer
- A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
- Generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (pro rota if applicable), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays and a highly attractive pension scheme. For fractional workers, annual leave will be pro rata within the contracted 36 weeks of the total contract.
- Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
- We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
- You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes, and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website.
- Employee Assistance Programme/Counselling Service - 24/7 support.
- Uniform provided plus the tools you need to do a great job.
What Next
Further information is available in the role profile. To apply for this vacancy, please click ‘Apply Now’ to complete your details.
Successful candidates will be expected to attend induction training courses which will run each month, Monday to Friday on University Park Campus. Further details will be given at the interview.
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The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 20 minutes.
For general queries, please contact our Estates Recruitment email at bw-estatesrecruit@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.
Please Quote Reference: NHE002626
All of our vacancies are available to view at: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx
Further Details
Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values, and enriches life on campus. Visit our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion website.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) employer. Increasing the diversity of our community is extremely important to us, and we are committed to the aims of the Disability Confident Scheme.
We are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.
To help you succeed, we published Candidate Guidance to provide support on the application and interview process.
Discover our benefits, visit Your Benefits website.
We welcome applications from UK, Europe, and worldwide and aim to make your move to the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page for details.
This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.
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