SYP - Catering Assistants - May 2023 Wath upon Dearne, England
Job description
Department: Facilities Management
Location: Robert Dyson House, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham
Salary: £20,490 - £21,018 (pro-rata)
Hours: 19 Hours per week
Contract Type: Temporary (for 12 months)
Role Purpose:
We are seeking to recruit two Catering Assistants to offer a comprehensive catering provision for South Yorkshire Police.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide excellent levels of customer service at all times.
- Ensure the unit maintains the highest possible standards of food hygiene and complies with all relevant legislation.
- Undertake the preparation and service of foodstuff as directed by line manager.
- Place and receipt of orders for all foodstuffs required for normal service as and when required or in the Catering Manager’s absence.
- Check foodstuffs received for quality and quantity.
- Ensure compliance with the Force’s policies and procedures (HACCP).
- Take monies from customers, using a cash register and perform correct cash-control within standard financial regulations as applicable.
- Ensure cleaning functions are carried out promptly and effectively.
- Complete basic paperwork.
Skills and experience:
(Essential Criteria)
- Basic Food Hygiene Qualification.
(Desirable Criteria)
- Intermediate Food Hygiene Qualification.
- Customer Care/Health and Safety Training.
- Computer literate in Microsoft Packages.
- Previous relevant catering experience ideally in Industrial Catering.
- Ability to work at other South Yorkshire Police sites.
For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.
Benefits:
We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Generous ‘family’ leave
- Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
- Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
- Access to a range of occupational health facilities
- Generous pension scheme
- Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
- Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sports and Social Club
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity. A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.
Appearance & Standards:
SYP is committed to striking a proportionate balance between self-expression and the need to maintain role sensitive professional standards in dress and appearance. Officers, staff and volunteers of South Yorkshire Police are permitted to have tattoos visible whilst on duty provided the tattoo is not considered to be unacceptable or otherwise inappropriate. Tattoos will be reviewed as part of the recruitment and selection process.
South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values:
Please find attached information sheet on South Yorkshire Police’s Key Values. The force has a particular focus on three areas, Fairness, Integrity and Trust. Under each of these three headings there are key behaviours we expect all employees to adhere to.
Smarter ways of Working:
South Yorkshire Police is committed to developing working practices which assist staff to balance their personal and professional lives, whilst meeting the needs of the organisation. This in turn enables SYP to provide an outstanding service to the community.
There are 3 different categories as part of this which are: Fixed, Field and Hybrid.
This role has been evaluated as a Fixed role.
Fixed: This is a traditional arrangement, applicable when the work is mostly required to be undertaken at a fixed single place of work (on police premises) for most of the time. The work can only or is more effectively delivered from a police premises or other agreed organisational/partner premises.
Closing Date:
Friday, 2 June 2023 at 23:55
Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made between the Talent Acquisition Manager and the Line Manager for the role.
Contact point for applicants:
For further information about the role, please contact Alison Wild / Kirsty Warner on 07768035728.
Diversity & Inclusion:
Expressions of interest are particularly welcome from female and ethnic minority candidates.
It’s really important to us that the department represents the community we serve, in order for us to provide the best service, utilising a range of backgrounds, experience and skills. We support and value all officers and staff and the unique experiences they bring to the role. We strongly encourage and welcome expressions of interest from these valuable underrepresented groups.
If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on [email protected]
In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.
Note to candidates:
Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required. These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.
