Cafe Assistant

Catering Assistant

The Hub and GLL are currently looking for a catering assistant to join our creative team and play a key role in the development and growth of the Hub’s contemporary Café-Bar. You will work with a small dynamic team, delivering a high-quality food and drink service.

As a catering assistant you’ll support the café and the team to achieve its full potential, ensuring the café can deliver consistency as well as helping put together creative food ideas for audiences and events. The Hub’s delicious menu includes locally produced seasonal food that is rooted in healthy eating values, offering plant-based, vegetarian, gluten and dairy free options.

We’re looking for a catering assistant who is hardworking, has excellent customer service and good multi-tasking skills. Prior experience in food industry is desirable with an up-to-date knowledge of food safety.

**What you will do**:

- Be a friendly and welcoming face to visitors and customers at the Hub
- Cook and serve food from our menu
- Make an array of coffee drinks
- Maintain the high standards of the café
- Follow food safety law and ensure it is maintained
- Comply with GLL and Hub policies
- Follow a rota set by the management team at the hub
- Report any issues and defects
- Help set up rooms for functions and events
- Taking orders and handling cash and card payments
- Cashing up at the end of the day
- Attend meetings/training and be part of the wider hub team
- Be able to work independently and show initiative

**What you need**:

- A good work attitude
- Flexibility
- Commitment
- Experience in catering
- Thrive in a busy environment

**In return, you will get**:

- Discount in the hub shop and cafe
- Industry leading rates of pay
- Discounted membership at our leisure centres
- A fantastic pension scheme
- 25% off Red Letter Days
- 25% off Buy A Gift
- 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
- Free eye tests and discounted glasses
- The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
- Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
- Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
- Health assurance
- Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.

**About GLL**:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.

As a charitable social enterprise, we are different. Our purpose is to improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of local communities. We are looking for people with purpose who are aligned to our values:

- BETTER SERVICE: Better choice for all
- BETTER COMMUNITIES: Making a difference
- BETTER BUSINESS: Business that benefits the community
- BETTER PEOPLE: More than a job
- We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams_