Chef De Partie

About ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields.  We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities.  Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the role: 

The Catering Service in Cambridge currently operates two restaurants, coffee shop and provides hospitality for meetings and events. Your role as Chef would involve the preparation, cooking and presentation of high-quality food for ARU’s students, staff and external clients. You’d be supporting the Head Chef with smooth running of our kitchens. This is an exciting time to join our team – we’ve just completed a major refurbishment of our largest catering outlet in Cambridge and have a clear vision for the future of the Service.  

You will be a passionate foodie with creative flair, who keeps up-to-date with food trends. You’ll be particularly excited by street food, but you’ll also be able to turn your hand to buffets and formal dinners. You’ll have experience of working in a medium/large professional kitchen and possess a wide range of cookery skills. You’ll be comfortable working as part of a team but will also be happy to work independently and unsupervised. 

Working hours will be mostly Monday-Friday during the day, however with advance notice there will be occasional evening and weekend work to cater for events and residential summer schools.

What we offer: 

We offer paid overtime in return for additional hours worked. Our chef team don’t work split shifts, and we offer bank holidays off in addition to a generous holiday entitlement. 

If you’re an experienced Chef De Partie, with a recognised qualification in Professional Cookery and a certificate in Food Safety with a positive attitude and a passion for food, we’d love to hear from you. 

Informal enquiries can be made to Paulina Zosiak, Catering Operations Manager at paulina.zdrojewska-zosiak@aru.ac.uk  

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.

We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

This role does not qualify for visa sponsorship under the point-based system and is therefore only open to applicants with the right to work in the UK

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. 

Guidance Notes: 

For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.