At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our catering team to prepare and serve delicious food while ensuring excellent customer service.
- Company: Luminate Education Group, a supportive and diverse education provider in Yorkshire.
- Benefits: Generous annual leave, pension schemes, CPD opportunities, and discounted travel.
- Other info: Flexible working options available; great career progression opportunities within a large organisation.
- Why this job: Be part of a friendly team creating positive dining experiences for students and staff.
- Qualifications: Level 2 food hygiene certificate preferred; customer service experience is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 13.45 - 13.45 £ per hour.
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
- Annual leave: 44 days plus bank holidays for Curriculum and Management; 39 days plus bank holidays for Curriculum support and business support
- Pension schemes with generous employer contributions
- CPD opportunities
- Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane)
- Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities
About the Role:
Reduced Year - 37 weeks per year. Are you looking for a varied and rewarding role in a friendly, fast-paced environment? We are seeking a Food Service Assistant to join our catering team, helping to deliver high-quality food and excellent customer service to students, staff, and visitors. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive team where you will play an important role in creating a positive dining experience for our students, staff, and visitors. You will assist with food preparation, serving meals, maintaining high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness, and ensuring a welcoming and efficient service for all customers. Based at our Park Lane Campus, which is easily accessible and close to the city's transport links, shops, and amenities.
Actual annual salary for 20 hours, over 37 weeks will be £11,814.08 per annum & hourly rate is £13.45 per hour.
What You Will Do:
- Assist the Chef Manager in food preparation
- Stock & clean food display
- Use of an EPOS till
- Maintain the highest levels of cleanliness and hygiene in all areas of the café and cooking areas, including washing up and cleaning of equipment
- Ensure food safety requirements are adhered to at all times and all due diligence records are completed accurately
- Be prepared to work within any of the Colleges outlets
- Responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
About You:
- Hold a level 2 food hygiene certificate or be willing to work toward getting it
- Knowledge of catering and hospitality practices, including food hygiene procedures and maintaining accurate records
- Experience working in a busy customer-focused environment, including operating tills and handling cash and card transactions
- Strong communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to use initiative, provide excellent customer service, and identify opportunities to promote products and services
About Us:
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training. We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress. As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.
SAFEGUARDING: At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool.
Food Service Assistant in Leeds employer: Luminate Education Group / Business Support
Luminate Education Group is an exceptional employer, offering a supportive and dynamic work environment at our Park Lane Campus in Leeds. With generous benefits such as extensive annual leave, pension schemes, and professional development opportunities, we prioritise employee wellbeing and growth. Join our friendly catering team to make a meaningful impact on the dining experience of students and staff while enjoying flexible working arrangements and access to local amenities.
Contact Details:
Luminate Education Group / Business Support Recruitment Team
