Casual Catering Assistant

Salary: £12.65 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract: Relief
Hours: Relief, ad hoc hours
Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality food service alongside maintaining exceptional customer service? Would you like to be part of someone’s wellness journey? If your answer is a resounding "yes," then we want you to work with us!

We are on the search for a Catering Assistant to become part of our exciting café at Knaresborough leisure and wellness centre.

As a member of our catering team, you'll play an integral role in delivering an exceptional customer experience. We will provide you the tools and training you need to be successful in delivering a first-class service. You will bring your keen customer service skills to be a vital part in engaging with our valued customers on their journey, providing them with information about our wide range of services, activities, and products offered by Brimham’s Active on a daily basis.


Duties and responsibilities:

Basic preparation and serving of food, beverages and alcoholic drinks.
Ensure that sales opportunities are maximised by effective selling of all services (including ice cream, food and alcoholic beverages etc. as required)
Ensuring tables are cleared of glassware, crockery and cutlery and are cleaned ready for next use.
Ensure the effective setting up of rooms and equipment, moving furniture, preparing room layouts to the requirements of the customer.
Cash Handling


What you will bring…

We are seeking motivated individuals that can demonstrate adaptability to be able to work across various aspects of the front-line operation.


You will ideally:

Be able to demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills
Have experience of working as part of a team as well as on your own initiative
Be able to confidently handle sales and cash procedures


What we can offer…

In return for your hard work and dedication to our service, we can offer you the chance to be part of a strong and supportive team having access to great benefits via our everybody benefit’s scheme such as shopping discounts, home technology and green car salary sacrifice schemes, financial wellbeing and health assured and our employee assistance programme to assist with your health and wellbeing.

Please see our rewards brochure for more details.


How to Apply

To apply please follow the link below and to fill out a short application form to express your interest. Please fill in the supporting evidence section by explaining why you are applying for the role, and how your skills and experience match those required of the position. The information you provide in this section will be used to shortlist your application.

Further information about the role please contact Sally Taylor at Sally.Taylor@northyorks.gov.uk


Key Dates:

Closing date: 1st August 2025

Interview date: TBC


Key Documents:

Job Description.pdf

Total Rewards Brochure.pdf


NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.


Casual Catering Assistant

Posted: 25/07/2025

Closing date: 01/08/2025

Closing time: 23:59