Catering Assistant - Carlisle, Cumbria

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

We are looking for an experienced and driven Catering Assistant to join our busy Front of House Team.

Exceptional customer service, operational excellence and a can do attitude is key to ensuring we continue to exceed the expectations of our customers. It's your job, as part of the Refectory team to deliver this service, working efficiently, effectively and energetically.

A friendly and flexible outlook is essential to this post as you deal with learners, colleagues and visitors to the college.

Your key duties will include serving meals, drinks and snacks to our customers, basic food preparation and cooking, handling cash and payments whilst also ensuring the cleanliness of the department is maintained at the highest level.

Recent experience in a customer facing environment is essential for this post, whilst a Level 2 Food Safety qualification would be advantageous, Disability Confident
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Carlisle College is a further education college serving the post-16 education and training needs of Carlisle and the surrounding area. Located in the city centre, we've been here since 1954 and every year we help more than 2,700 students take their next steps towards their future.

We offer an extensive range of vocational and academic subjects with over 100 courses available from entry level through to degrees, professional qualifications and community programmes. We offer full time and part time courses, including short courses and distance learning.

We provide students with facilities that reflect those found in industry, combined with teaching staff who are experts in their fields and have real life industry experience - a perfect combination that allows our students to realise their career ambitions. We've invested over £30 million in our city-centre campus, including a £5.3 million digital and creative arts complex and a £1 million Advanced Manufacturing Centre. Our world class facilities include state-of the-art equipment and resources, which significantly expands our modern campus into a real learning community. Combined with excellent teaching, we can ensure that learning is more relevant, realistic and enjoyable, providing students with the perfect route into further study or employment.

At Carlisle College we have a long and proud history of working with local businesses and industry, to help meet skills and development needs via our Apprenticeship programmes. We currently work with over 350 employers and over 700 apprentices in the local area.

Every colleague at Carlisle College, whether teaching or supporting our students, has an important role to play. In return, we aim to provide a rewarding and supportive environment, in which we will help you to develop and reach your full potential.

Carlisle College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Carlisle College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Carlisle College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers' pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.