Food Service Assistant

**Are you looking to work for an organisation with a real purpose - one where there is no limit to fresh ideas and discovering what’s next?**:
**Join us at the Retail Trust.**:
As the charity for everyone in retail, our cause is to create, hope and health and happiness for everyone in retail. Yes, that’s right, everyone. That’s more than three million retail colleagues and their families. And you can help to achieve that mission.

We’re on a journey of transformation, building on what our founders developed 190 years ago and are moving at astronomical pace. We’re looking for individuals who possess high energy and passion, and are all-in, collaborative and forward-thinking. The opportunity for personal and professional growth is momentous.

**Position**:
**£10.90 per hour**

**Permanent / Part-time**

**2 roles available**

**Mon - Fri, 12 noon - 2pm**

**Sat - Sun, 12 noon - 2pm**

**Moores House, Liverpool**

We are looking for a motivated individual to join as a food service assistant based at Moores House, Liverpool. You will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a catering service to meet residents needs, and that residents are served with healthy and nutritious balanced meals. You will also be responsible for ensuring that all health and safety requirements are adhered to.

You will ensure the cleaning of crockery, cutlery and equipment as specified in the daily cleaning tasks and ensure that the kitchen and dining areas are cleaned and maintained at all times in accordance with Health and Safety standards.

Duties of the post:

- Ensure all areas are tidy including food storage areas.
- Ensure food deliveries are stored in accordance with the daily storage system
- Daily food to be picked in accordance with residents orders and dietary requirements
- Assist in the basic preparations of foods and preparation of occasional home baking (cakes and sandwiches etc)
- Prepare basic condiments and sauces
- Ensure tables are set for dining.
- Deliver meals to tables.
- Assist in the completion of all necessary legal paperwork as required i.e. cleaning schedules, temperatures and health and safety reports
- Ensure all cooking utensils, crockery, pots and pans are cleaned using machinery and detergents or washed by hand where necessary
- Report any mechanical or safety defects to the Estate Manager
- Set up, clear and clean dining room service area.

**Requirements**:
You will have passion for food and catering service, with the ability to work independently. Importantly you will have the ability to approach our residents with empathy, in a calm and controlled manner.

Other requirements include:

- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Catering experience
- Knowledge of HACCP requirements
- Satisfactory DBS and references
- Ability to follow instruction
- Ability to be organised and methodical in a catering kitchen
- Good communication skills.

**Other information**:
We look after you by providing you with:

- A pension scheme of up to 9% employer contributions.
- Market-leading wellbeing and perks package which includes:

- Life assurance of four times your salary.
- A health cash plan, allowing you to claim back on the cost of a number of services such as optical, dental, medical.
- Access to a free counselling and support phoneline.
- The day off to celebrate your birthday.
- Enhanced family friendly benefits including up to ten days compassionate leave per year, three months full maternity pay, and two weeks full paternity pay.

If you are interested in working for a dynamic organisation that transforms lives for good, we want to hear from you.