Job Description
Job Title: Kitchen Assistant
Reporting to: Venue Manager
Place of Work: Courtyard Bar & Catering Venue (On UOY campus)
Contract Type: Permanent / Fixed Term / Temporary
Hours of Work: Full time (35 hours) / Part time (negotiable hours) Flexible working available
Salary: £10.90 per hour
Closing date: 29th March 2023 at 5pm
About the role:
We are looking for a fun and dynamic individual to become part of our YUSU commercial team, working within our catering venues based on the campus of the University of York.
The University of York Student Union (YUSU) is a charity that is run for, and by, the 19,000 students at the University of York. From our hard-working teams at our award-winning venues to our CEO, we all share the same goal - to put students at the heart of everything we do.
As a member of our team you will be required to work to help deliver a great customer and student experience in all our venues. You will be working alongside our current team of brilliant full-time and student staff, playing a key role in this hard-working, motivated and dynamic department.
Working Christmas & New Years? Not with us! Working split shifts or consistent weekends? Not with us! We are also happy to explore with you full time, part time & term time only contracts.
This is a new position for the organisation and therefore it can be molded to suit the successful candidates needs. We are able to offer complete flexibility to candidates and the contract type will be based on the candidates preference and experience.
We look forward to reading your application and can’t wait for you to join us in making our venues the best that they can possibly
Working at YUSU:
At YUSU we know that maintaining a great work life balance also improves our team's wellbeing, productivity and happiness, this is why we offer flexible working arrangements to suit personal needs and requirements. We have both a flexi-time work scheme and remote working policy available to staff as standard and welcome applicants to discuss their flexible requirements at the interview.
- A full time working week is 35 hours
- You receive 38 days holiday pro rata (including bank holidays and 4 paid closed Christmas days)
- You get extensive access to discounts and benefits
- There are paid volunteering opportunities
- You have access to the cycle to work schemes and other salary sacrifice options
- We offer a generous pension scheme
- You have the chance to shape the student experience for the better
YUSU is committed to equality of opportunity - we are an organisation who works very hard to ensure we appoint based on merit. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and/or from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are proud to offer an interview to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised position.
If you are invited to interview with us we will share our interview questions in advance so you can prepare your responses. We’re more interested in hearing about your experiences and ideas than in testing your memory, and so we want you to feel as prepared as possible.
If you have any further questions about the position, or if you have a requirement for adjustments that would make the application or interview process more accessible, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm
Salary: From £10.90 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Sick pay
Schedule:
Work Location: In person