Kitchen Assistant Leicester, England
Job description
Job Description
Our Store Support in Leicester are looking for Kitchen Assistant to work a minimum 30 hours per week. The hours will be spread across 4 days but should be flexible to spread over 5 days.
Working days are Tuesday – Friday. Could occasionally vary to cover holidays, sickness etc.
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Contributing to a range of expectations, including food and beverage preparation, excellent customer service and continuously developing and upholding customer relationships. Also includes:
- Assistant the Chef in food preparation across day and occasional evening service periods.
- Assume responsibility for food production in the Chef’s absence.
- Promoting and implementing food safety standards.
- Involvement in all café opening/closing/daily activities.
- Placing stock orders in line with weekly requirements and minimising waste.
- Ensuring food presentation and serving continuity is at the highest of standards and consistent for all our colleagues
- Assist the front of house colleagues serving customers when required.
- And finally, a positive attitude
Whilst meeting high standards for Health and Safety and Food Hygiene, our Store Support onsite coffee shop function as part of a tight knit team, working well under pressure, striving to deliver excellent food and customer service standards every day to our colleagues.
All we ask…
… is that you are a polite, hard-working individual. A complete team player who never fails to contribute and loves the satisfaction of a job well done.
You’ll have previous involvement working effectively with others and you’ll ideally have prior work experience in a similar environment.
What’s in it for you?
- Holiday entitlement of 28 days.
- Days off so you can celebrate your Birthday and also when you move ‘Home’ so you can get settled in.
- Family leave – Maternity and paternity leave.
- A cool 15% discount on all Dunelm products, in-store and online to help make your house a 'Home'.
- Amazing Internal colleague network groups where our colleagues are empowered to create environments where everyone can feel at Home and communicate.
- Contribution to your pension scheme for the twilight years.
- Fantastic sharesave option where colleagues can buy Dunelm shares on a monthly basis at a discounted rate to build up an investment for that rainy day.
- Cycle to work scheme to help keep colleagues fit and help with air pollution, travel costs, tax and national insurance.
- Continuous training and ongoing coaching so colleagues feel confident and in control of their role.
- A caring and diverse colleague wellbeing support which includes access to our colleague financial support fund, an online medical GP and counselling support which is provided by our partnership with Retail Trust.
- Tonnes of genuine career opportunities and the support to grow your career through the business as each individual colleague wishes to.
And many many more… plus!!... discounts and cashback from restaurants, cinema, hotels and fashion retailers!!
Dunelm is committed to becoming a fully inclusive business that is representative of our customers and locations. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of sex, age, race, religion, ability, gender or sexual identity, socio-economic background or education. We are committed to making Dunelm a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our colleagues. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values and celebrate diversity in all its forms.
