Breakfast Customer Service Assistant

Hourly Rate: £13.45

Contract: Permanent, 25 hours per week

Working Hours: Fixed shift patterns, Monday - Friday between 6am – 11am

Vita Student are launching four brand-new residences across the UK & Spain, giving students even more choice across the UK and Europe while setting a new standard for premium student living. The openings in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Newcastle and Madrid reflect Vita Student’s continued commitment to exceptional locations, contemporary design and an all-in living lifestyle that supports both academic success and wellbeing.

As part of our premium services, we’re building a brand new team, including Customer Service Assistants to support our breakfast service. Our Breakfast Customer Service Assistants are responsible for preparing, cooking, and presenting a variety of breakfast foods in a timely manner, ensuring quality standards are met, while maintaining a clean and organised kitchen workspace, often requiring adherence to food safety regulations and effective communication with the breakfast service team.

• Meet & greet residents and guests with a warm, friendly and vibrant attitude.
• Prepare, cook, and present a variety of breakfast foods in a timely manner.
• Maintain a clean and organised kitchen workspace.
• Adhere to food safety regulations.
• Ensure residents and facilities are being well respected by all fellow residents and guests.
• Monitor produce stock levels and communicate needs to the site manager; assist in ordering produce to maintain appropriate inventory.
• Respond to all questions, queries and requests in a helpful manner.
• Ensure the kitchen and breakfast areas are clean and tidy.
• Deep-clean specific equipment or appliances such as fridges & ovens as required.
• Replenish refreshment stock, such as coffee beans, tea bags, milk and vending machine food products.
• Be the primary point of contact for any potential incident or emergency that may occur onsite.

Professional Experience

A customer service professional with a background in a fast‑paced kitchen environment. Well versed in kitchen regulations. Our operations run seamlessly with the support of a variety of technology systems and software; our Customer Service Assistant must be technologically astute.

Personal Characteristics

Vita Student operate a multi-cultural environment, welcoming colleagues and residents from all over the world with a variety of cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs. All Vita Student colleagues must deliver a diverse and equal approach to colleagues and residents alike.

• Excellent communication skills. English will be the primary spoken language; however multi‑lingual skills would be warmly welcomed.
• Adaptability, creativity & positivity.
• Resilience, with an ability to effectively navigate unexpected situations.
• Able to carry out tasks that may involve extended periods of standing and repetitive movements, with reasonable adjustments considered where required.

Flexibility: Our facilities are open to residents 24 hours a day, 356 days a year including all bank holidays, festive & religious breaks. Where festive and religious celebrations require time off, we will always try to accommodate, however flexibility from our Customer Service Assistants is imperative to be available as required to ensure continuous service to residents.

Why work for Vita Student

Our employees have the pride of working at our luxury properties, which offer the highest standard of resident accommodation across the UK. We reward the commitment and dedication of our people by providing the following benefits:

• Holidays – Holidays are paid on a pro‑rate basis which is reflective of hours worked. Customer Service Assistants will receive 28 days paid holiday including England & Wales Bank Holidays, pro‑rate.
• Your Birthday – We insist that our employees take their birthday off work ensuring they can celebrate their special occasion in a way that is meaningful to them.
• Perkbox – All employees are given access to a Perkbox account, enabling them to choose lifestyle perks that matter by giving points to spend on a wide range of products, services & experiences, such as cinema tickets, supermarket savings, discounted days out, a daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone!
• Royal London Pension – We care about our people and their future. Vita Group contribute a financial value of 3% of salary to your pension pot in addition to 5% employee contribution to help prepare for the future.
• Parties & Events – We expect high standards from our people and like to reward demanding work by hosting parties and events each year, encouraging colleagues to let their hair down, have a great time and celebrate success together.
• Recognition Programmes – We recognise and celebrate our people via numerous recognition schemes, such as employee of the month vouchers, community champion, experience awards, golden buzzer awards, work anniversaries etc.
• Career Development – Whether your Vita career is a medium or long‑term venture; we onboard all employees by means of a thorough induction and learning & development programme, delivering professional progression via our Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum training & recognition schemes.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance – The wellbeing of our colleagues is of vital importance to Vita Group. All employees have access to a confidential service; offering support and guidance for personal or work‑related issues that may be impacting wellbeing.

Right to Work & DBS

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks which will include Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Right to Work Sponsorship. Therefore, if you do require a company to sponsor your Right to Work in the UK, we will not be able to progress your application further.