Food & Beverage Assistant

Location: Goodrich Castle, Goodrich, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 6HY

Salary: £12.21 Per Hour / Minimum 8 Hours Per Week / Fixed term contract 7th July to the 31st August

Job type: Fixed Term Contract

Would you like to work for the charity that cares for hundreds of historic sites in every corner of England? We are looking for a Food and Beverage Assistant to join us at Goodrich Castle. No history background? No problem. What is important to us is a passion for people and excellent customer service. You will enjoy working with others as part of a team and understand what makes excellent customer service to deliver great quality through our food and unique settings.

This is a part-time role working a minimum of 8 hours per week from 7th July to 31st August. Weekend and Bank Holiday availability is essential.

As a Food and Beverage Assistant, you will help to prepare food and drinks from the best of regional and local produce at Goodrich Castle working as part of a team to support the day-to-day operations. Duties may vary depending on the day, but you can expect to be:

• Taking and preparing food and drink orders
• Assisting with food preparation in our kitchen
• Providing exceptional customer service
• Ensuring a perfect standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout

About You

To be a Food and Beverage Assistant, you will:

• Understand what makes excellent customer service and enjoy delivering this to our customers
• Be able to engage in a positive way with people from all backgrounds
• Enjoy working as a team

Experience of working in a food and beverage role and an awareness of food safety and allergens would help but it isn’t essential as full training will be provided. For us, it’s more important that you have bags of enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved.

The Benefits:

• Salary of £12.21 per hour
• The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector, in retail, food and beverage or general management
• Opportunities to go to some of our great live music or history events
• Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends/family members
• 25% discount in our shops and cafes
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years
• Options to buy additional leave
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%

If you would like to talk to us before you apply, e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Linda Harrison, Food & Beverage Manager, on linda.harrison@english-heritage.org.uk, 01600 890538. No agencies please.

Our interview and offer process will take place between week commencing 23rd June, with new starters joining 7th July.

Everybody's welcome at English Heritage. Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We’re looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we’re committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work.

We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.

Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/

You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/