AddressWho we are
City College Plymouth is home to thousands of bright and enthusiastic students and 650 talented and experienced staff. You will be joining a college that is proud of its culture, where our core values of Respect, Ownership and Integrity are there to nurture and support a passion for teaching and learning, enriching our community through knowledge, experience and skills enabling every student to be the best they can be.
At City College Plymouth, one of the country’s largest providers of quality education and training, we are going through a period of transition to enable us to propel education into the future. We pride ourselves on delivering a learning environment and organizational culture that impact positively on the health, wellbeing and sustainability of our community and enables all our students and staff to achieve their full potential.
The Role
Are you looking to work as part of a highly collaborative focused catering and hospitality team, providing hospitality throughout the day and early evenings, for our students, staff, stakeholders and visitors?
Is your approachable and supportive nature looking to make a real difference? The In house catering team and department are vital in contributing towards the college achieve in its aim of students being able to achieve their full potential by providing catering facilities to them while they are on their journey of learning.
As part of the in-house catering team you can join a college department that has grown from small beginnings over the last couple of years to provide fresh and healthy prepared foods, meals and drinks throughout each day from its different outlets across the City College estate.
Being a visible service for students from dawn to dusk, we strive to provide meals, refreshments and good service, standards and value to our students while they study here at City College Plymouth, so your ability to understand their needs in a catering and customer service role will be invaluable for our students to reach their goals and potential.
What Will You Bring to the Role
- Creating – Being imaginative and open to different points of view in the aspect of changing food trends, dietary and religious requirements. Taking Inspiration from far afield in the catering industry and beyond the role and turning that into something real, in which will bring out your imaginative side of food presentation
- Adapting – The In-house catering department experiences lots of challenges and changes of direction and at last minute sometimes, due to the demands of the industry and clients requirements. We are looking for someone who is flexible and that can also adapt to change short term and long term while staying calm in situations that may happen at short notice.
- Coping – With high volume catering in a fast paced environment, coping well in pressurized, challenging situations will require you to be focused and composed and be able to cope and adapt at all times even at stressful times.
- Delivering – Working day to day in the In house catering department requires the candidate to be proactive, with a sense of taking ownership in the area / unit they are working in. We require the person to take the right steps to progress and complete tasks delegated out to them and delivering the results with confidence and self-assurance. They will be conscientious and at the same time expected to meet the customers’ expectations within the busy catering department.
Benefits
In return for your resource creation, unrivaled advice, and accountability for the service you provide, City College Plymouth will offer you;
- Holiday: 29 days plus bank holidays and College Closure over Christmas.
- Career development opportunities, training for professional qualifications up to level 6/7 as well as in house training. Support with individual development of the role.
- Generous contributions towards your pension.
- Free tea, coffee and healthy snacks in our dedicated staff lounge.
How we recruit
We are not prioritising the CV - we aim to recruit based on potential, not experience. We are interested in seeing your behaviours in action and how they will help you become successful at City College Plymouth, giving everyone the opportunity to show their potential, regardless of background or experience.
After completing our online application form, you will be asked to complete an online assessment. This assessment asks you no questions at all. Instead, it observes your behaviour and natural strengths in action, with a series of engaging, intuitive tasks. You will receive a report outlining your behaviours once you have completed the assessment, regardless of whether you progress to the next stage or not, providing you with some feedback.
The College reserves the right to close this advertisement early if sufficient applications have been received.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £21,410.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
