Job details

Salary £11.59 per hour + payment for 28 days holiday pro rata equating to £1.391 per hour
Department Hospitality
Working pattern Casual
Location Yeovil
Closing date 9 August, 2024
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About the job

Some key information

  • £11.59 per hour
  • Catering for events such as meetings, wakes, parties
  • Casual role

What will I be doing?

The Arts & Entertainment Service manages Westlands Entertainment Venue and The Octagon Theatre in Yeovil and you’ll be a key part of that. The day-to-day work will involve:

  • Preparing food for our daily lunchtime customers
  • Catering for events such as meetings, wakes, parties
  • Clearing down and cleaning of kitchen

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

  • Ability to work on own initiative.
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to communicate clearly and confidently with people at all levels
  • Good prioritisation and time management skills with the ability to work to deadlines

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

What's in it for me?

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

  • We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
  • Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
  • Staff discounts in gyms.
  • Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
  • Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
  • A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
  • My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

Anything else I should know?

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Rebecca Thomas, Events & Operations Manager, 01935 462414 or rebecca.thomas@somerset.gov.uk

If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you!