Kitchen Assistant

Job title: Kitchen Assistant

Reports to: Manager Alex Steto

Location: Greek Flavours Swansea - 32 Kingsway, Swansea

**Salary**: Depending on experience

Hours: 30-40 hours per week

Closing date: Applications must be submitted by 5pm on the closing date 22/01/23

Greek Flavours is an exciting new addition to Swansea’s diverse restaurant scene. Greek Flavours is anauthentic, Greek food restaurant based in the heart of Swansea City Centre where you can expect fresh, local ingredients, classic Greek dishes, and Mediterranean favorites.

**General specification**

The Kitchen Assistant will aid the General Manager and Chef in keeping the kitchen area clean and well prepped to deliver a high quality restaurant and takeaway experience, whilst working efficiently and honestly towards making the business a success.

**Responsibilities**

Specific tasks will include:

- Working closely with the Manager and team, both front and back of house, in a positive and professional manner at all times
- Cleaning and sterilising countertops, kitchen walls, stoves, ovens, grills, and sinks
- Cleaning the entire kitchen once it is closed to ensure it is ready for the next day
- Maintaining the food storage areas like freezers and refrigerators
- Receiving deliveries and organising them in the kitchen
- Washing dirty dishes like cutlery, pots, cutting boards and pans or loading dishes into the dishwasher
- Removing kitchen waste from waste containers and disposing of them properly
- Cleaning and maintaining cooking equipment like cookers, pots and food mixers
- Being punctual and reliable in all aspects of the position
- Supporting the chef in basic food preparation like cutting ingredients, peeling, and washing food
- Assist with the set up and to ensure the smooth running of any special events held in the venue, which may include some manual handling and lifting
- Maintaining excellent personal hygiene standards
- Maintaining a clean and sanitised working environment, including refuse/recycling removal to outdoor bins, clearing and cleaning tables as well as kitchen and serving areas, keeping circulation spaces and the external seating areas clear and clean, washing and drying of crockery/pots/pans/cutlery/glassware, ensuring that the welfare facilities are kept clean, tidy and appropriately stocked with handwash/toilet roll and any other requirements as directed, and promptly seeing to the clear up of any spillages/breakages
- Following health and safety guidelines, including maintaining a Covid-safe environment in line with Welsh Government regulations
- Being punctual and reliable, maintaining regular and consistent attendance
- Attending regular meetings with the Manager / Chef to find out about menu changes and menu specials (for both food and drink)
- Running errands where required
- Modest manual lifting, for example to bring in orders/restock and to layout the venue for special events
- The ability to work flexible hours and shifts which may include early mornings, late nights, weekends and bank holidays
- Contributing to a positive work environment

The above description is not an exhaustive list - there will be other tasks and activities that you may be required to undertake that are within your capability and pay grade.

You will be managed and supported by senior members of staff throughout, and on the job training will be provided to familiarise you with our systems and approaches if required.

**Person specification**

The role will involve daytime as well as evening and weekend working, including bank holidays.

We want to work with people who understand and will uphold our values and fit with our culture.

In all instances we expect everyone who works with and for us to maintain the highest standards of equalities, to act with integrity and maintain high professional standards.

And we expect everyone who works for us to value wellbeing and kindness.

We expect you to be a strong team player and good at collaboration. Direction will be provided, but you will also be expected to be able to work on your own initiative - at quieter times you will be expected to find things to do keep the venue operating at optimal levels.

We expect our colleagues to exhibit the following behaviours:

- Kind and patient - to value kindness and the wellbeing of others and to be patient and diplomatic in your responses should things sometimes not go to plan
- Resourceful - things do not always go to plan, so you will need to be able to think on your feet to solve problems that may arise
- Adaptable and resilient - as with most small businesses sometimes we have to work things out as we go, so we expect all colleagues to quickly adapt and to be resilient, helping to find solutions if problems arise
- Collaborative - we expect all staff to be good team players
- Diligent - you will have to work on your own at times and whilst you will have direction, we expect you to be able to use initiative and work without continual supervision