Kitchen Team Member

Catering Assistant

YHA York, 42 Water End, Clifton, York, North Yorkshire, YO30 6LP

Permanent, flexible contract
Minimum 15 hours per week
£12.71 per hour (applies to all, including those under the age of 21)

As Catering Assistant you will dive into our busy kitchen, preparing meals for families, individuals, and groups, large and small. You will work between the kitchen, buffet service and front of house, communicating with the rest of our team and our guests to ensure a great experience for all. A keen eye for food safety, hygiene and presentation is key for success in this position.

Why work for YHA?

Join our team and enjoy a range of exclusive staff benefits that support your well-being and career growth:

• 10 nights free hostel stays per year for you and up to 3 friends or family
• Access to YHA's staff discount and cash back portal
• Free YHA Membership each year
• Access to support via our Employee Assistance Program

What will you be doing?

While this role primarily focuses on the catering aspects of our hostel, you may also be called upon to assist in other hostel departments. We are a friendly team and will provide the training required for you to undertake the role. However, there is plenty for you to get stuck into from day one:

• Ensuring adherence to food hygiene standards in food storage, preparation, and delivery.
• Upholding health and safety regulations, ensuring timely and accurate completion of kitchen checks.
• Taking pride in the preparation, presentation, and service of high-quality food.
• Recording food wastage in accordance with our hostel's procedures, focusing on minimizing waste to maximize profit.
• Assisting in the preparation of food and serving food and drinks with genuine warmth, hospitality, and pride that will influence in more sales.

Skills and Experience required

• Experience of working face to face with customers
• Experience of working in hospitality or customer service (desirable)
• Food Safety Level 2 Certificate (desirable) - otherwise will be required to complete within hostel
• Experience of working in a team - can help others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent timekeeping, with flexibility to cover different shifts - punctual, can work to deadlines
• Ability to manage varying pressures, including peaks in workload demands - can prioritise, able to deal with conflicting duties
• Basic IT skills (ideally Microsoft Office) - able to use Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel
• Knowledge and understanding of the core purpose of YHA - what YHA does and how we do it
• Demonstration of our HEART values - they're part of everything we do, and we look for team members who bring them to life in their everyday work

All relevant checks are in place to ensure safeguarding and legal requirements of safer recruitment are adhered to. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.