Catering Assistant

Job Type Customer Service
Location Oxfordshire - Oxford
Partnership Level 10
Closing Date 05/10/2024
Vacancy Type Permanent
Salary £11.55 Hourly
Salary Frequency Hourly
Hours of Work Varied hours of part time work across seven days to include early starts, late finishes, evenings and weekends between the hours of 08:00 - 18:00.

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We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.

Our Purpose

Working in Partnership for a happier world – our shared Purpose that guides us in everything we do and inspires 3 important principles; happier people, happier business, happier world. The John Lewis Partnership is a truly unique business, one that seeks to make a positive difference to the lives of everyone.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As Partners - members of the Partnership - it's our responsibility to ensure our success for the future. We proactively seek out opportunities to continuously improve the way we work, taking action to ensure the Partnership is efficient and we are all as productive as possible. It's an ethos each and every Partner works by and you'll carry into your own role too.

Do you have a passion for food, flavour and love to deliver a fantastic customer experience? The catering team within our John Lewis & Partners shops is the place for you. You'll be the face of John Lewis, acting as an ambassador for the brand, providing the level of customer service which makes us unrivalled in the marketplace.

Job Requirements:
Your passion for selling will enable you to provide solutions for customers. We'll equip you with the skills and knowledge to advise customers with confidence.

Working in either our Partner Dining Room or our customer restaurants you will be delivering market-leading service and serving our food to excellent standards.

Desirable experience skills and qualifications:
-Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. Previous catering experience.
-Worked in a fast paced customer facing environment

Additional Information:
As a Partner you will enjoy our unique benefits package, including staff discount, subsidised food in Partner dining rooms, discounts in local restaurants, subsidised learning, access to exclusive Partnership hotels and so much more.

Please consider the following when making your application:
- This role is subject to the following pre-employment screening: 2 year reference check.
- We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.
- Print off the job description now if you require it.

Duties and Responsibilities

To deliver a market leading customer experience achieving sales and customer service targets through a focus on outstanding customer service and execution of the agreed food & drink offer.

At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself. Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers. We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference. Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here - https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/diversityandinclusion/

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