Catering Assistant - Retail (Part-Time)

Location: University Park

Closing date: Open Until Filled

The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China and Malaysia. Our award-winning Nottingham campus is only 15 minutes by bus or tram to our vibrant city centre.

Your role as a Catering Assistant - Retail:

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking people, who have a keen eye for detail and who will take pride in their work and are passionate about food and delivering great service for every customer and will proactively go out of their ways to exceed customer expectations.

Working within either a busy Catering Unit, you will be responsible for serving customers, using our tills and supporting with general cleaning within the area where you work to include working within the dishwash/potwash area and adhering to all food safety and health and safety regulations, standards, policies, procedures and codes of practice.

As a member of our team, you will have a positive approach and be a colleague that the team look forward to working with and building strong relationships with others to accomplish tasks and shared goals. You will have an eye for detail and aim to deliver the exceptional operational standards required particularly at busy service times.

Further details about the duties and responsibilities can be found on the attached job role profile.

Available Positions

This is a permanent position.

Post 1 - Hours of work 11 hours per week (2 shifts each week, mainly Saturday and Sunday) working a range of shifts on a rotational pattern between the hours 10.00am and 5.00pm for 33 weeks of the year on a permanent fractional contract. Flexibility will be required.

This position will attract 20% pay uplift allowance for hours worked at the weekend.

What’s in it for you? 

• Great work-life balance – sociable hours compared to most hospitality roles 
• Job security – a permanent, year-round contract with one of the UK’s top universities 
• Career development – structured training, support, and industry-recognised qualifications to help you grow 
• Generous holiday allowance – 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and additional university closure days 
• Excellent staff benefits – including Employee Assistance Programme, supplier discounts, travel schemes, and access to state-of-the-art sports facilities 
• Supportive environment – join a professional, friendly team with regular staff events and networks 
• Tools & perks – uniform provided and everything you need to do your job well

Successful candidates for this position will be expected to attend statutory training courses and any refresher training required as part of the role. The department have planned training courses throughout the year and there is an option to attend either during a typical week, Monday to Friday or set weekend dates, Saturday and Sunday, within the year. Further details will be given at the interview.

The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 20 minutes.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to our Estates Recruitment email at bw-estatesrecruit@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk Please note that applications sent directly to these email addresses will not be accepted. Please quote ref. NHE250325

All of our vacancies are available to view at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx

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