Waiting Staff

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 341031**Salary**:

- £24,400- £13.02 per hour**Job grade**:

- Other- HL3**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- Food & Beverage**Type of role**:

- Other**Working pattern**:

- Shift working**Number of jobs available**:

- 6Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- WestminsterAbout the job

**Job summary**:
We are looking for 6 Variable Hours Waiting Staffs to join our Catering & Retail Services Office at House of Lords. This is a position where you will be working as part of a team across banqueting and function rooms.

Variable hours staff are booked one week ahead according to business needs and their availability. Variable hours staff may be working in different outlets (Restaurants, Bars and Banqueting) depending on the needs of the Department and require a range of service skills.

This is an opportunity to work onsite at Parliament This is an exciting opportunity for someone that likes a fast-paced environment and ensuring that the highest standards of service and presentation is offered at all times.

**Job description**:
**You’ll be accountable for**:

- Preparation of banqueting function rooms for breakfast, lunch, tea and evenings in advance of daily events.
- Preparation of table, kitchen requirements and ensuring the reception bar is correctly prepared in accordance with the function sheet.
- To greet and receive Members and guests in your allocated area.
- To maintain accurate stock records of beverages and banqueting equipment and report any concerns to the Line Manager.
- To observe all legislative requirements including those concerning hygiene, food, health and safety at work.
- To cover duties in other Catering and Retail Services outlets as directed by the Line Manager.

**Person specification**:
**What we’re looking for**:

- Great Customer Service skills.
- A basic understanding of Health & Safety.
- To be able to work well in a team environment.

**Benefits**:
**What you’ll get in return**:

- Meals on duty.
- Paid late night taxi travel if finishing after 10:30pm, if you live within a 20-mile radius of Westminster.
- The opportunity to witness history in the making

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**Selection process details**:

- Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).- People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).-
- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Recruitment Team
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**Further information**: