The Donkey Sanctuary is an international animal welfare organisation, offering care and protection to donkeys worldwide. Our vision is a world where every donkey has a good quality of life, and our mission is to improve the lives of donkeys every day. We will achieve this by transforming the lives of donkeys in need worldwide by fostering greater understanding, collaboration and support, and by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing relationships.
We are heading into our busy season and are looking for a self-motivated and flexible team player with a strong customer service ethic to join our team at our award-winning restaurant, The Kitchen. As General Catering Assistant/Kitchen Porter, you will maintain a clean and safe environment in the restaurant, kitchen, and “back of house” in accordance with food hygiene regulations, and ensure that all pots, pans, crockery, cutlery, and other equipment used in The Kitchen are washed up to a high standard.
About you:
- Experience of working as part of a team.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – able to establish, build and maintain successful relationships with staff, supporters and visitors.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Adaptable to all environments.
- Experience of working front of house in a high-volume catering operation.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Good organisational skills.
About the role:
Your principal duties and responsibilities will include –
- Maintaining kitchen cleanliness in accordance with food hygiene regulations.
- Washing up all pots, pans, crockery, cutlery, and other equipment used in the kitchen to a high standard.
- Assisting the Head Chef and members of the team with the basic preparation of food as directed.
- Ensuring that the kitchen and other areas are cleaned and the floors swept and mopped at the end of each shift.
- Ensuring “back of house” is kept clean and safe.
- Emptying bins, keeping bin areas neat, clean and tidy, and taking recycling to the designated point.
- During busy periods, and as requested, helping Front of House staff in collecting and sorting dirty crockery and cutlery.
What we offer in return:
The role is based on site at our Sidmouth location which is not easily accessible via public transport thus a current UK driving license would be desirable – this is a variable hours, casual contract starting as soon as possible, across a 7-day rota. The working hours and pattern will be agreed between the line manager and post-holder, but flexibility will be required for weekend working.
Please note: This role will not include evening working or split-shifts.
Before submitting your application, please ensure you read our candidate journey page, in particular our FAQs section –
https://jobs.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/jobs/candidate-journey/
