Catering and Housekeeping Assistant

Job Description: Catering and
Housekeeping Assistant

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Catering and Housekeeping Assistant
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£23,132 + meals when on shift
 Fixed term, 20th April 2026 to 31st August 2026
 35 hours a week with split shifts, evening shifts. Monday to Friday
Hospitality Manager
Live in Preferable at favourable rates (Static caravan available)

Role Summary and Accountabilities:

The catering assistant will be primarily responsible for creating visually pleasing and tasty
meals from our small and simple menu to groups of children on activity residentials as well
as ensuring the accommodation, toilet and shower facilities are cleaned to a high
standard.

As part of this, a high level of personal hygiene, an excellent work ethic and good
customer service skills will be important factors in their day-to-day work. Work process such
as cleaning, tidying storing and labelling food as well as working to the standards set by
the Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) is critical.

Secondary tasks such as simple grounds work, cleaning and supporting the activity team
will form part of your duties where we have gaps in our catering provision.

Job Description:

Cooking

  Storing food safely and rotating stock efficiently are essential.
  Preparing food hygienically in line with SFBB and food and hygiene level 2

standards

  Be able to cook tasty and attractive meals from a simple and limited recipe for

large groups of people.

  Be able to cook to a schedule and serve food in multiple locations.
  Have high standards of personal hygiene.
  Promoting and enforcing standards for good food safety and hygiene across staff

and guests

  Promoting recycling, composting and environmentally friendly procedures when it

comes to waste food and packaging.

  Be prepared to work split shifts and antisocial hours to meet the demands of the

catering needs.

  Take daily orders for pack lunches and prepare in good time.

Cleaning

  Ensuring all catering facilities are kept clean during food preparations, before and

after use

  Creating and maintaining a schedule of deep cleaning for all catering facilities
  Ensuring all cooking equipment, plates and crockery are cleaned after each use.

Customer service

  Have excellent face to face skills with customers including children and group leads

and teachers.

General duties
During periods where there are no catering groups, the cook should be prepared to:

  Conduct additional cleaning associated with catering operations (such as deep

cleaning and stock takes)

  Support with or take lead on cleaning of the site, building and washroom facilities

working closely with the booking coordinator.

  Support with grass cutting and other general site work working closely with the

maintenance coordinator.

  Support with general activity tasks and maintenance where trained working closely

with the [Centre Manager]

Other:

  Support overnight on-call cover of residential groups (Additional Remuneration

available)

Due to the varied and ever-changing nature of operations at Via Ferrata Cornwall (VFC)
& BF Adventure (BFA) you may be required to undertake additional roles, responsibilities,
and tasks* as necessary to facilitate the smooth running of activities.
*(within your level of experience, training, and capability)

Person Specification

Summary
We are looking for someone who is very organised, able to cook good but simple food
following a simple menu who is polite and great with people. The catering provision is
small so being able to work alongside someone is key and the willingness to step in and
get your hands dirty with all aspects of the job is important.

Experience

  Some cooking experience is important.
  Experience of customer service is important.

Essential Skills and Qualifications

  Ability to cook simple and tasty meals, training can be provided.
  Level 2 food and hygiene (this can be completed at the start of the contract)
  Excellent people skills

Desirable Skills and Qualifications

  Activity experience
  Groundwork and handy man experience
  First aid qualification
  COSHH training
  Manual handling training

What next:

Please complete the Application Form and the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form.
These forms can be found on our website. You can either use the online version or
the Word format

  If you choose the Word document, please save the Application Form in the following format:

  Your name_Post applied for_date.

  Please email the form to jobs@bfadventure.org with the email subject Catering assistant
Application

  The closing date for applications is 1/03/26 (or when all available vacancies have
  been filled)

 Interviews are scheduled to take place on a case-by-case basis for applications that meet the
threshold to be invited to interview though a scoring process. Please be.
aware that only applications made using the BF Adventure application form (online
or word format) will be scored.

Please do not hesitate to phone us on 01326 340 912 if you have any questions.

Many thanks for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!

BF Adventure is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and
expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will require an enhanced DBS
check.