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Job description
Are you enthusiastic, reliable and passionate about customer service? We're looking for a Food & Beverage Apprentice to join our Catering Team, helping deliver an excellent food and beverage experience for students, staff, visitors and conference guests.
About the Role
Working across our Oxford sites, you'll support a range of catering services, including:
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner service
- Café and licensed bar operations
- Conference and event catering
- Preparing and serving refreshments
- Setting up dining and meeting spaces
- Operating tills and handling customer transactions
- Maintaining high standards of cleanliness, food safety and customer care
What We're Looking For
You will:
- Have a genuine interest in hospitality and customer service
- Be friendly, professional and approachable
- Be punctual, reliable and trustworthy
- Demonstrate attention to detail
- Show enthusiasm, energy and a willingness to learn
- Enjoy working as part of a team
Working Hours
- 36.5 hours per week
- Five days out of seven, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Based mainly at Rewley House (Central Oxford) and occasionally at Ewert House (Summertown)
- 38 days holiday per year including bank holidays
Why Join Us?
- Earn while you learn in a recognised apprenticeship role
- Gain practical hospitality and catering experience
- Work within one of the world's leading universities
- Develop transferable customer service and teamwork skills
- Be part of a supportive and professional team environment
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable hospitality experience while developing skills within Oxford Lifelong Learning. Apply today to start your career in food and beverage service.
Future Prospects
This vacancy contract is for 18 months.
Skills required
- Have a genuine interest in hospitality and customer service
- Be friendly, professional and approachable
- Be punctual, reliable and trustworthy
- Demonstrate attention to detail
- Show enthusiasm, energy and a willingness to learn
- Enjoy working as part of a team
Qualifications required
None required as full training will be given.
Personal qualities
• Work well as an individual and as part of a team• Reliable
Things to consider
This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received and you may be invited to an interview before the closing date. Please ensure you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Application instructions
To continue please click apply to fill in a brief application form. Once applied your details will go through an initial screening process to ascertain suitability. If suitable you will be called by Debbie Pennington the Apprenticeship Recruitment Advisor to discuss the vacancy further and to check your eligibility for an apprenticeship. If you are eligible/suitable your details will then be passed on to the employer.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 9 September 2026.
Interviews will take place during week commencing 21 September 2026.
To apply for this apprenticeship please review the attached job description and click the link below to apply on Find an Apprenticeship.
Apply now! https://inspiro.tal.net/vx/appcentre-wls/brand-4/spa-1/candidate/so/pm/1/pl/2/opp/13834-Food-and-Beverage-Apprentice/en-GB
