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SUMMER JOB - Food and Beverage Assistant

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1095683


Heriot-Watt University


02/06/2025


3 Months


Part-time and full-time roles available


Black trousers black shoes

Pay


£12.60


£1.52

Description

Role
The university's hospitality department is recruiting a team of food and beverage assistants to help out over the summer period when Heriot-Watt hosts summers schools. This job entails serving and preparing food and beverages for customers, and keeping the units clean and presentable. The role holders will be tasked with cleaning tables and dishes for up to 1200 students, who will be dining at Central 3 times a day, 7 days a week. In this role you will be working as part of Campus Services, and must be available for the full duration of the contract, which is from June 2nd until August 29th 2025.

 
We are recruiting both part-time (20-25 hours/week) and full-time (up to 35 hours/week) workers for this role. Please note that the shifts for this role can be any day of the week (Monday-Sunday) and that there will morning, lunch and evening shifts. The shifts will vary week by week and we expect the role holders to be fully flexible to work the shifts they are assigned.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Serve customers in an efficient and friendly manner.
  • Keep all work areas to a high standard of cleanliness.
  • Ensure health and safety advice is followed.
  • Communicate well with other members of the catering team.
  • Flexible with shifts, including evening and weekends.

Skills and experience

No minimum level of qualification or experience is required for this role. Any specific experience with events (serving buffets, drinks receptions etc) will be a bonus. 

Strong communication skills are essential for this role.

Successful candidates will be asked to attain a Food Hygiene Certificate once in the role.

Location
Edinburgh

Additional information
Dress code: You will need to supply your own uniform, which is a plain black shirt, black full length trousers and black non-slip shoes.

To Apply: This role is for current Heriot-Watt Students and recent graduates only. Please submit a relevant CV as well as a relevant cover letter which clearly states your suitability and availability for this role. Please note this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received prior to the closing date. 

For advice on CVs, cover letters and job applications, Heriot-Watt students can visit the Careers Service.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please email unitemps@hw.ac.uk

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