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Food & Beverage Assistant

THE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST

Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire

Full-time

26th May 2026

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Food & Beverage Assistant

Title: Food & Beverage Assistant
Location: Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire, SP4 7DE
Salary: £12.71 per hour / 36 hours per week / permanent
Job type: Permanent
Ref: 16428

Would you like to work for the charity that cares for hundreds of historic sites in every corner of England? We are looking for a Food and Beverage Assistant to join us at Stonehenge.

No history background? No problem. What is important to us is a passion for people and excellent customer service. You will enjoy working with others as part of a team and understand what makes excellent customer service to deliver great quality through our food and unique settings.

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings. That's why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it's why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.

This is a full-time role working a maximum of 36 hours per week.

As a Food and Beverage Assistant, you will help to prepare food and drinks from the best of regional and local produce at Stonehenge working as part of a team to support the day-to-day operations. Duties may vary depending on the day, but you can expect to be:

- Taking and preparing food and drink orders

- Assisting with food preparation in our kitchen

- Providing exceptional customer service

- Ensuring a perfect standard of cleanliness and hygiene throughout

- Providing support during our events

To be a Food and Beverage Assistant, you will:

- understand what makes excellent customer service and enjoy delivering this to our customers

- be able to engage in a positive way with people from all backgrounds

- enjoy working as a team

Experience of working in a food and beverage role and an awareness of food safety and allergens would help but it isn't essential as full training will be provided. For us, it's more important that you have bags of enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved.

- Salary of £12.71 per hour

- Comprehensive training

- The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector, in retail, food and beverage or general management

- Apprenticeship & Development opportunities

- Opportunities to go to some of our great live music or history events

- Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends/family members

- 25% discount in our shops and cafes

- Enhanced maternity/paternity/shared parental leave

- 25 days' holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years

- Options to buy additional leave

- Matched pension contributions up to 10%

You can find out more about what we do here: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/ and meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/

Everybody's welcome at English Heritage

Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England's heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We're looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we're committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.

We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.

If you would like to talk to us e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Carl Smith, Food & Beverage Manager, on Carl.Smith@english-heritage.org.uk. No agencies please.

Closing date: 26/05/2026 23:59:59

You will need to refer to the following documents when completing your application.

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