Hospitality Services Assistant (2 x 20 hour roles available)

About this Role

The Whitworth Art Gallery is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join its catering team as Hospitality Services Assistant.

We wish to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic individual to assist with daytime and evening hospitality across the gallery. The post holder will carry out hospitality services across the Whitworth Art Gallery (including café and restaurant service within the café area, as well working on weddings, events and hospitality), providing a warm and friendly service in support of the Gallery visitor experience.

The post holder should have demonstrable knowledge, experience and awareness of customer service in a similar environment, along with a basic understanding of Health and safety and food safety in a café environment. Barista skills and previous knowledge of a busy café service would be beneficial, and a naturally positive attitude towards a busy/pressurised environment is essential to this role.

This role is a great opportunity to work with a great team in an exciting venue!

This is a part-time (20 hours a week) vacancy, working on a rota basis across the full 7-days of the week. With the busiest days for the gallery being at weekends, successful candidates will be expected to work weekend shifts. The business potentially operates Monday to Sunday (7 days a week), with both daytime and evening work.

University Catering

The catering at The Whitworth Art Gallery will be operated by the University’s catering team, which encompasses a broad and diverse range of business areas – including retail outlets, catered halls, student bars, conferencing, events and hospitality.

With such a varied range of business across the week, the department is always a buzz of activity – no two days are ever the same. The business operates 7-days a week, accommodating events and hospitality both daytime and evenings across the week, including weekends.

There are many benefits to working at the University:

• 34 days holiday, including Christmas and New Year
• Generous pension scheme with generous employer contribution
• A strong commitment to personal and career development, as well as well-being and mental health.
• Annual salary review

To find out more about staff benefits, and working within catering at the University, visit our catering staff website – www.umc-limited.co.uk

As an equal opportunities employer we support an inclusive working environment and welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Adam Woof (Operations Manager)

Email: adam.woof@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

Please be aware that due to the number of applications we are unfortunately not able to provide individual feedback on your application.