Hospitality Coordinator in Harrow

Contract details: This is a term time only role, working 33 weeks per year.

Working hours: Average of 40 per week, 5 days out of 7 across a 3-week rota including evenings and weekends. Split shifts may be required.

The environment: Harrow School is situated within a beautiful site in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world, with around 830 boys studying at Harrow. The Schools Catering Department has over 60 staff led by the Head of Catering, the Catering Manager and the Executive Head Chef, supported by various chefs and kitchen porters. The team produces over 3,000 meals per day during term time and over 25,000 packed meals per year. The School also caters for sports teas, open days, parents meetings, departmental dinners, working lunches, and provides high-end hospitality for events such as wedding receptions and conferences.

The role: You will assist the Hospitality Manager with the coordination and delivery of House and School events, as well as broader catering operations across the school. Working collaboratively with Catering colleagues and other departments, you will help ensure hospitality services are delivered efficiently, professionally, and with a strong focus on customer experience. You will also be responsible for managing and serving the Fieldhouse Club Bar during the cricket season and will provide operational support across all catering areas, including the Dining Hall, when required.

The skills: You will enjoy taking a hands-on approach to the role and will bring experience of working in a front-line, customer-facing and fast-paced environment. You will have strong organisational and IT skills, with the ability to work effectively both in the Catering office and across School venues. You will be flexible, adaptable and committed to delivering consistently high standards of service.

The benefits include:

• Free lunch when working a full day
• Free parking
• Automatic enrolment in the Schools pension scheme
• Use of the Schools sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track
• Subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.

Harrow School is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to adhere to and ensure compliance with the Schools Safeguarding and Child Protection policies and procedures at all times.

In the event of a successful application, candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to, reference checks with past employers, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (including Childrens Barred List information) and prohibition checks. No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions and cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered as spent under the Act) must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position at the Harrow School.

Please refer to the School's Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy for more details.