Catering Assistant

* Job Description

**Catering Assistant**

Title Catering Assistant Location Kenilworth Castle, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 1NE Salary 9.27 per hour / 16-24 Hours per week April - October, 0 hours per week November - March (Winter hours available) / Permanent (Will increase to 9.50 per hour following the NLW rise on 1st April 2022) Job type Permanent Ref 13911 Kenilworth Castle welcomes around 120,000 visitors a year, who come to explore the castle ruins and find out more about its intriguing stories, or simply to enjoy the green space and fabulous views. With a shop, cafe, school visits programme and exciting events.

Our cafes provide the social hub of this historic site and you will play a vital part in creating a warm and welcoming environment where our visitors can relax and enjoy high quality food. Whether you are serving coffee at the counter, cleaning down tables or preparing orders in the kitchen, this is an environment that will keep you busy and engaged. You will be part of an organisation that is committed to ensuring our visitors leave having had a great experience and believe in a great team environment.

We are looking for people who are committed to providing the very highest levels of customer service, achieving targets and enjoy being part of a busy team with constantly changing priorities. As a confident communicator, you will be comfortable building rapport with customers and using your skills in sales to provide outstanding service at all times. You will take pride in the presentation of both yourself and the produce you serve to visitors.

We strive to be an inclusive employer and are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England's heritage.

From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our shared heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible.

You'll find it's a workplace like no other - taking you behind the scenes of these extraordinary sites and supporting you to share your ideas, inspire others and make a difference.

By joining us, you'll enjoy the rewards of a great team environment in inspiring locations, helping to make our site a wonderful place to visit. You'll also be joining our charity, which through our 400+ historic monuments, buildings and sites, brings the story of England to life for over 10 million visitors each year. We offer a competitive benefits package including a generous pension, 25 days leave a year and free entry to all English Heritage properties for you, another adult and up to 6 children (under the age of 19).

**Closing date:** 23/01/2022 23:59:59

**You will need to refer to the following documents when completing your application.**