General Assistant

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Contract: Part Time, Permanent

Salary: € 14.00 per hour

Hours: 20 per week

One of the largest private secondary schools in Ireland, teaching 4th, 5th and 6th year pupils full time with Year 1 - 6 on weekly grinds. We offer a Subsidised High Street Café style operation that is external to the school grounds. The school hosts about 1500 students of which we would expect around the 300 per day take up of the retail offering. This is a term time only contract of 38 weeks per year.

We have a fantastic opportunity for you as General Assistant to join one of our fantastic locations in Dublin.

You will ideally have previous experience of working within a fast-paced catering environment.

You will enjoy what you do, working with a great team, for a company fanatical about food serving wonderful customers.

Key Responsibilities

To support the team with serving customers, replenishing stocks, cleaning.
Prepare all service areas for the days business relating to that meal service.
Prepare, set-up, serve, clear, clean and store away any food, beverage or equipment required for special functions.
Prepare basic food for sale/service, following good hygiene and safety practices and to the standard specified.
Restock and replenish stocks and consumables as required during service periods, pre-empt customer needs and achieve optimum customer service delivery.
Empty, remove and store rubbish / recycle rubbish in the correct place.
Be prepared to occasionally work evening and/or weekend for functions and school events.
Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You Will Have The Following Skills

Team working abilities, Listening skills, the ability to work on own initiative, impeccable personal presentation, hygiene and behaviour to others, Food hygiene certificate preferred.
The ability to be adaptable and be flexible as necessary. Reliable, Honest and able to demonstrate an open attentive approach to customer service.
Willingness to learn new skills and take some responsibility.
Ability to manage some moderately heavy lifting, carrying, and pushing.

Knowledge / Competencies

Hold a level 2 food Hygiene qualification.
Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred.
Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
Free meals on duty
Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
Cycle to work scheme.
Recommend a friend bonus.
Unrivalled individual training and development.
Well established apprenticeship programme.
Team & company social events.
Employee assistance programme.
Workplace pension.
Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About Us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer Schools

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in Ireland to be considered for this role.

Thomas Franks adheres to the statutory vetting requirements of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Garda vetting service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the Garda vetting Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.

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Seniority level Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Employment type Part-time
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Industries Hospitality
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