Hospitality & Catering Assistant

3 months ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Field Studies Council Full time

**Are you looking for a part time role to allow you to have a better work/life balance? Come and join our friendly hospitality team**
- Permanent contract - 15 hours per week
- Salary equates to circa £10.45 per hour
- Excellent benefits - including life assurance and a health cash plan, see the full list below.
- Your new place of work is in a beautiful location, be surrounded by nature while you work.

**Love where you work**

Established in 1943, our network of Learning Locations provides day and residential outdoor education courses for all ages. We aim to create outstanding opportunities for everyone to learn about nature.

We value each of our team members and understand that every role is vital to deliver our mission, so, we provide great benefits* to reward and support you while you work with us.

**What you’ll be doing**

As one of our Hospitality & Catering Assistants your duties will be varied, our centre is always busy, so we need team members that are happy to help wherever required.

You will be helping our housekeeping operations, with tasks such as cleaning and laundry. In addition to assisting our catering team with setting up the dining room for breakfast, lunch, and dinner service.

Other duties can include working in the kitchen assisting with food preparation and serving food to our visitors.

Please refer to the vacancy pack for further details on the full responsibilities of the role.

**Where you’ll be based**

Field Studies Council Flatford Mill is the first and original field study centre set up in the UK during the 1940’s. It is set amidst the quintessentially English countryside of the Dedham Vale in Suffolk and sits on the banks of the River Stour.

We can accommodate up to 88 guests across 24 bedrooms. Customers stay in our internationally important buildings such as Willy Lotts’ House, (built in the 1500’s and made famous by John Constable’s ‘Haywain’ painting), Valley Farm (a medieval great hall built in the 1450’s) and of course the Mill itself that was owned and renovated by the Constable family in the 1700’s.

We are situated at the end of a lane that has no through traffic which offers visitors of all ages a sought-after sense of tranquillity. Our 7 hectares of grounds include riverside and lake margins, woodland, grassland, and quiet areas with picnic benches all connected by circular walks.

**We ask that you have**
- A great work ethic where aptitude and attitude are key
- A natural pride in the work you produce
- A flexible and adaptive approach able to perform using your own initiative both independently and as a team player
- A professional manner in all that you do
- An empathy with the aims and objectives of Field Studies Council
- A committed and proactive approach to personal development; motivated to learn new skills and overcome new challenges
- **Your benefits whilst working with us will include**:

- ** Financial -** We offer competitive salaries, sick pay, pension schemes, life assurance, pro rata of 28 days annual holiday entitlement plus bank holidays and a further 2 extra loyalty days dependent on length of service.
- ** Health and Wellbeing -** Eligible employees are automatically provided with a Health Cash Plan which you can use to help pay for routine health appointments as well as give you the ability to seek second opinions from top doctors We also provide our team members with access to a 24hr Counselling Helpline Service.
- ** Discounts -** When you join the team you are also enrolled into our reward programme which gives you discounts on your favourite brands and opportunities to earn cash back on everyday purchases
- ** Additional benefits -** We endeavour to offer flexible working options where roles permit and are committed to providing our employees with appropriate quality learning and development opportunities.

If you have any queries regarding this vacancy, please call Lorraine Boyle on 01206 297110

**Applications will be considered on arrival**

Interviews are scheduled to take place at Field Studies Council Flatford Mill on a rolling basis.

We want to create a world where **everyone feels connected to the environment** so they can enjoy the benefits it gives and make choices that help protect it.

As an Investors in People charity, we realise that to achieve our vision we need diverse teams of staff who have a wide range of skills, a real passion for the work of the charity and pride in their role within it. No matter what role you perform at the FSC, everyone can make a difference and every role is vital to delivering our mission and vision **if this inspires you, we would love to hear from you.**

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