Catering Assistant (Gloucester)

<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">This is a Gloucester City Council job.</span><br><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"> </span></p>
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<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Job Title:                         Catering Assistant</span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Job Location:                   Cemeteries & Crematorium </span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Salary:                            £25,614 per annum pro rata </span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Hours per Week:              Zero Hour Contact </span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Contract Type:                 Casual </span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Closing Date:                   15/11/2026 </span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Job Requisition Number:   14906 </span></li>
<li style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">This post is not open to job share</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of the Bereavement Services catering team at Coney Hill Cemetery and Crematorium.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Where you will report to the Bereavement services catering supervisor. We are a small friendly team operating within the public sector providing catering facilities to bereaved families and the public.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual to become part of the Bereavement services catering team in the day to day running of the facility on site at the Cemetery and Crematorium.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Main duties will be preparing and serving food and drink, taking bookings from funeral directors, the general public, in person and by phone. Attention to detail is essential as this is a key role in ensuring all food is presented to a high standard</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">You will be dealing with the bereaved often, in stressful circumstances it is therefore essential that you have a high level of empathy and good communication and customer care skills.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">The wake facility is operational from Monday - Friday, with an occasional weekend twice a year.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><strong>Additional Information</strong></span></p>
<p><br><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-</span></p>
<p><br><span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt"><a title="" href="https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/media/v0obs2xq/job-profile-food-and-drink-assistant-a-003.pdf" target="_self">Food and Drink Assistant Job Profile</a></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span>The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.  </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><span>Applications from any Gloucester City Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.  </span> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif">Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><strong>Equality and Diversity</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif"><br>We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diver