Service Team - Host in Oxford

Company Description

Title: Service Team – Host

Location: Oxford

Salary: £15.47p/h

Hours of work: 20hr contract with consistent overtime

Benefits:

• 28 Days holiday, including bank holidays
• Birthday holiday
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave
• 24 weeks’ enhanced maternity leave
• Secondary Carer leave
• Wedding/commitment day leave
• Free meals on shift
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeship opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

We are looking for proactive and detail-oriented Hosts to help manage front of house operations efficiently. In this role, you will work closely with the operational team, serving as the public face providing support to colleagues, students, contractors, and visitors

You will engage with individuals across all levels of the organisation, influencing behaviours to enhance the workplace experience for employees. This position is key in ensuring a welcoming, professional, and seamless environment for everyone. Through exceptional customer service and workplace support, you will help create a space where guests and colleagues feel valued and well-supported

As a Host, you’ll be the behind-the-scenes hero helping to keep operations running like clockwork. Whether it’s coordinating daily operations, keeping health and safety standards are ticked off with precision, or solving unexpected challenges, you’ll be right in the thick of it. But most importantly, you’ll be championing the customer experience making sure every interaction, every space, and every solution leaves people feeling supported and valued. You’ll bring energy, organisation, and a people-first mindset to everything you do, helping create environments that don’t just work well, but feel great too.

Job Description

Job Description:

To provide a professional, 5-star level of hospitality catering, ensuring that company standards are maintained and that the customer experience is always a positive one.

• Greet customers warmly and create a welcoming atmosphere.
• Take orders accurately and efficiently. Serve food and beverages promptly, maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
• Handle customer complaints and resolve issues professionally and courteously.
• Ensure the F& B areas are kept clean and tidy, clearing regularly, sweeping, mopping, and taking out rubbish. Clean and sanitise tables, counters, and service areas regularly.
• Monitor and restock condiments, napkins, cutlery, and other supplies as needed.
• Assist in monitoring inventory/stock levels and report any shortages to the management.
• Maintain a positive work environment by fostering teamwork and cooperation
• Be aware of COSHH regulations and use appropriate protective equipment when using chemicals.
• Adhering to dress code policies. Demonstrate excellence
• Adhere to food safety and hygiene regulations to maintain a safe environment.
• Follow proper hand hygiene procedures and maintain personal cleanliness.
• Adhere to proper food safety and hygiene standards, including temperature controls, storage procedures, and sanitation practices, to maintain a safe and clean kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar customer service role, preferably in a café, hotel or restaurant setting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Friendly and approachable demeaner, with a genuine desire to provide exceptional customer service.
• Ability to work well under pressure and handle customer complaints effectively.

Additional Information

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values:

ALWAYS VISIONARY

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.

Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.