Catering Assistant

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Catering Assistant Job Location: Dublin Job Type: Fixed term contract, Part-Time (20 hours per week) Remuneration: Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Catering Assistant / Kitchen Porter in Dublin. We're looking for a reliable, hands on Catering Assistant who will also cover Kitchen Porter duties to help our staff canteen run smoothly, safely and to a high standard. You'll support food preparation and service, maintain excellent hygiene, and keep the back of house clean, organised, and compliant with Irish/EU food safety law.

What you'll be doing:

• Food preparation & service support: Assist with basic food preparation (e.g., washing, peeling, chopping), serving, replenishing counters, and safe hot/cold holding during service.
• Dishwashing/pot washing: Collect, wash, sanitise and store crockery, cutlery, utensils, pots and pans. Ensure constant availability during service.
• Cleaning & hygiene: Sweep/mop floors; clean/sanitise prep areas, sinks, equipment, fridges/freezers; complete daily/weekly deep cleans to schedule.
• Deliveries & storage: Receive, check, date label and store deliveries; maintain first-in-first out (FIFO) stock rotation and correct temperature controls.
• Allergen controls: Follow the canteen's allergen procedures and ensure accurate written allergen information is available at point of presentation/sale for all non prepacked items.
• Waste & recycling: Segregate, remove, and store waste safely; maintain clean bin yards and back of house areas.
• Records & checks: Complete HACCP related checks and logs (temps, cleaning, deliveries, corrective actions) as directed.
• Teamwork & safety: Use chemicals safely as trained; escalated maintenance issues; support broader catering tasks as needed.

The essential skills you will have when you apply:

• HACCP / Food Safety Training: Minimum: FSAI aligned Food Safety training appropriate to duties (e.g., Level 1 within the first month; Level 2 if preparing/handling high risk foods).
• Practical kitchen experience in a canteen, café, hospitality, healthcare or similar back of house environment.
• Allergen awareness and ability to follow written allergen procedures for non prepacked food.
• Strong hygiene standards, attention to detail, and ability to work safely to SOPs/HACCP checks.
• Physical capability to stand for shifts, lift/move items, and handle a fast paced service.
• Desirable: Manual Handling certificate; Basic First Aid; experience with temperature monitoring systems.

What we'll give you for this role:

• Development Training & refreshers: Ongoing FSAI aligned food safety/HACCP refreshers (and allergen updates)
• Progression: Opportunities to develop into catering/chef roles.
• Remuneration & More Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications.
• Pension Scheme.
• Holiday allowance.
• Tax Saver Travel Scheme.
• Opportunities for training and development.
• Ongoing HACCP, food safety and allergen awareness refreshers.
• Health & Support Employee Assistance Programme.
• Life Cover.
• Permanent Health Insurance (PHI).
• Bike to Work Scheme.
• Other Benefits Discounted onsite Gym Membership (Dublin 4).
• Discounted onsite Montessori (Dublin 4).
• Professional and personal development opportunities.
• Support for professional memberships and examinations where applicable.

This isn't just a position; it's an opportunity to be part of a team that keeps our colleagues supported every day.

As part of our commitment to our colleagues and candidates, we have a zero-tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

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