About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the role:
This is an exciting time to join our team with a new £30 million University for Peterborough that opened only in 2022. This included a brand new café – Wirrina Café. We have just seen another phase complete giving catering a small hospitality hub in the new University building.
Your can-do attitude will enable you to assist the Assistant Catering Manager with the provision of food, beverage and hospitality services. You will provide catering for meetings and events, preparing simple food items, delivering food and beverages to meeting rooms, setting up for events, and keeping a clean hospitality preparation area. You’ll take pride in providing a high-quality hospitality service. You will also work in our café, serving customers, operating tills. You will take pride in maintaining a clean and attractive environment for customers.
Although a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, basic food preparation and till experience are desirable, a willingness to learn is more important. We’re happy to offer full training, as well as opportunities for further development, including qualifications. Good communication skills and a strong customer focus are essential.
The vacancy available is to work 20 hours per week across 5 days (4 hours a day) term time only (38 week contract). We’re open to discussion on your working hours. The café is open 8:30-4:00pm Monday-Friday. In addition, occasional evening and weekend working may be required, for which advance notice will be given.
What we offer:
We offer paid overtime in return for additional hours worked. We offer bank holidays off in addition to a generous holiday entitlement.
If you’re a keen worker, with a positive attitude, passion for food and a great customer service, we’d love to hear from you.
Informal enquiries can be made to Paulina Zosiak, Catering Operations Manager at pz2@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
The role being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
Please note that we may close this vacancy early depending on the number and quality of applications received.
Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.