Catering and Facilities Assistant

4 months ago


Swanage, United Kingdom Dorset Council Full time

**About The Role**:
Leeson House Field Studies Centre, part of the Outdoor Education Service under Dorset Council Children's Services, is seeking a dedicated Catering and Facilities Assistant to join our dynamic team.

**About Leeson House**: Situated near Swanage, Leeson House offers residential accommodations and delivers environmental education programs to students ranging from Primary to 'A' level. With the capacity to accommodate up to 80 students and 12 accompanying staff, we welcome both residential and day visit bookings 7 days a week throughout the year.

**Job Details**:

- **Position**: Catering and Facilities Assistant
- **Hours**: 18 hours per week during term-time, with an additional 4 weeks as required
- **Responsibilities**: This role involves working within both the catering and housekeeping teams. You will assist in meal service and kitchen tasks to ensure a delightful dining experience for our guests. Additionally, you will be responsible for maintaining cleanliness in bedrooms, bathrooms, and communal areas, ensuring our visitors enjoy tidy and comfortable surroundings

**Further Information**:
Join our friendly team and contribute to the enriching experiences we offer at Leeson House Field Studies Centre

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or would like further information about the role. If you would like to have an informal conversation about this post, please contact Suzi Lewis - House and Catering Manager. Tel: 01929422126.

This is a term time only role at 18 hours per week.
We base the pro-rata salary on:

- the number of hours
- the number of weeks worked
- paid annual leave entitlement for an employee under 5 years’ service

In the first year of service this salary may need to be adjusted to ensure you are paid accurately to reflect your holiday entitlement. A similar adjustment may be made at the point your employment ends to ensure that you are paid accurately for the number of days worked in any academic year.

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

**About Us**:
**Dorset Council: A great place to work**

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.



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