Monkton elm garden centre

Kitchen Porter / Pot wash Assistant

17/01/2025
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Job Description

About Us

We are an ambitious, independent, family-owned business with a unique 400 cover hospitality / catering enterprise, running alongside a successful retail business. We pride ourselves on delivering the very best customer service experience, built around a high quality, fresh food offering, prepared on-site by a team of talented, and creative hard-working professionals. We are looking to strengthen our team as we continue our journey to secure more catering and hospitality awards. Family values are important to us so if you are looking to boost your career without having to work nights or split shifts, please come and speak to us.

About You

You will be an enthusiastic and productive team player, with a good base of skill and experience. You will be responsible for supporting the day to day operations in the dish wash area through maintaining a clean and tidy environment.

Key responsibilities:

– Clean all utensils, crockery and cutlery efficiently and in line with health & safety regulations to ensure a clean environment is maintained

– Ensure stock areas are always kept tidy and clean

– Put food stock deliveries away in line with kitchen compliance and regulations

– Handle stock with care to minimise breakages and report breakages when needed.

– Always maintain a clean and tidy environment including keeping all floors clean

Experience Required

We are recruiting for a candidate who has previous experience within a fast paced environment with great communication skills and the ability to work well within a team.

Role Specifics

– 20-30 hours per week including weekends, either one day or both

-We are able to offer fixed days off with no late night working as the Garden Centre closes at 5.30pm Monday – Saturday and 4.15pm on a Sunday

– 28 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays (pro rata for part timers)

– Enhanced pay rate for bank holiday working

– Free onsite parking

– Complimentary coffee & cake on birthdays

– One day a year for giving back to a Charity or your local community

At Monkton Elm, we celebrate difference, we support it, and we thrive on it. Diversity benefits our colleagues, our products, and our customers. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and our hiring decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. If you need any adjustments made to the hiring process so you can do your best, please let us know and we will be happy to help with this.

Job Type: Part-time

Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week

Benefits:

  • Discounted or free food
  • Employee discount
  • Free parking
  • On-site parking
  • Store discount

Schedule:

  • Day shift
  • Weekend availability

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person