Food Service / Cafe Assistant

What you’ll be responsible for

About the role

We’re looking for a friendly and flexible Multi-Site Food Service Assistant to support our teams across St Mellons, Marshfield and Lisvane on a zero-hours basis.

You’ll work across our different café locations depending on where support is needed. Driving is essential for this role due to the requirement to travel between sites.

What you’ll be doing

1. Prepare and serve food and beverages to customers in a friendly and professional manner.
2. Keep tables clean, tidy and ready for customers to use.
3. Support general cleaning within the kitchen and storage areas, helping to maintain a clean and welcoming environment.
4. Follow appropriate procedures to help maintain a safe and welcoming environment for everyone on site.
5. Complete daily reconciliation of income against till receipts.
6. Engage with visitors and provide a positive experience as an ambassador for Welsh Water.

About you

We are looking for candidates who are positive, friendly, can work under their own initiative, and are passionate to work with the general public!

Full training will be provided for this role, however if you have any experience of working in the food service or retail industry that would be beneficial.

Good to know

Working Pattern

• Casual shifts agreed every 6 weeks
• Rota scheduled every 6 weeks
• Shifts will include bank holidays, school holidays and every other weekend
• Typical shift patterns:  Monday - Sunday 8.30am-4.30pm or 10am-6.30pm (to cover an 8-hour working day)
• Weekends and school holidays are our busiest times where more hours will be available 

Recruitment process

Our recruitment process will include:

• Application: Submit your CV to Cerys.Brooks@dwrcymru.com, or apply directly via the link in this advert. Either application method is accepted.
• Stage 1: Initial telephone conversation.
• Stage 2: Site visit and competency-based interview.

For more information on the role please contact Cerys.Brooks@dwrcymru.com.  

Please note, we may close this role sooner if required. We may also extend the original closing date depending on interest.

Due to the nature of the industry, we require satisfactory references, post offer medical clearance, and a criminal records Basic Disclosure check on all new employees joining the business. For some roles there may be additional checks and security clearance required, and this offer is subject all checks being satisfied. You will receive further information on how to complete these checks via email once you have accepted this offer.

Benefits

We have great benefits, including: 

    · Annual pay review 

    · Staff Discounts at our visitor attractions 

    · Full training given and uniform provided

    · Beautiful working location

    · Flexible working hours

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Who we are

Our Visitor Attraction site at Lisvane and Llanishen opened in 2023, in the North of Cardiff, and is open all year round! This is an exciting opportunity for anyone wishing to join Welsh Water. The site boasts, a state-of-the-art Visitor Attraction building with 150cover restaurant, balcony with views over both reservoirs, group and cubicle changing rooms, both land and water-based activities, education learning space, bird hides & islands, meeting rooms and a Grab & Go. 

…Come and join our team and work in this green / blue oasis less than 5 miles from Cardiff city centre. Want to see more?  Take a look at here: https://lisvane-llanishen.com/