Location: Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre, Shropshire, TF10 Job type: Permanent, Full Time Working Hours: 39 per week, 5 out of 7 days, 6am – 2pm or 7am– 3pm, evenings 11.30am – 8pm or 1pm – 9pm. Salary: £27-28k per annum, plus excellent benefits We’re looking for a passionate Chef de Partie to join our vibrant team at Lilleshall National Sports and Conferencing Centre, a prestigious venue where elite athletes and Olympians train. Alongside being a top-tier training centre, Lilleshall also hosts a thriving conference and events hub, featuring recently refurbished rooms and scenic outdoor spaces perfect for weddings, corporate events, and team-building days. As part of our kitchen team, you’ll support the Head Chef and Sous Chef. You’ll help develop our catering services too, and ensure high standards are always met when it comes to customer service, uniform, cleaning, and food handling and preparation. What makes this job different? You’ll join our impressive venue, leading a team and developing your skills and qualifications throughout your career with us. You’ll benefit from a stable income, shifts that support work-life balance, excellent career prospects, free access to the leisure facilities, discounted physiotherapy, and free or discounted meals on shift. About you We’re looking for someone with a solid background in catering, ideally with experience in a previous chef role. A Level 2 Food Safety certificate is essential, and if you’ve catered for weddings or private events before, that’s a big plus. Most importantly, you’ll bring passion, creativity, and a commitment to delivering high-quality food and service. Benefits • Health and wellbeing: Free gym membership, free or discounted meals, and discounted physiotherapy, plus Employee Assistance Programme, Bupa Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres, and 24/7 access to a virtual GP service • Holidays: 20 days (21 days after 1 year) plus bank holidays • Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme • Training and development: Over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships (including L3 Team Leader and L5 Operations Manager apprenticeships), mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression • Discounts: Discounts across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel. • Employee networks: Join a network where colleagues can come together, meet • All Leisure Benefits - Employee Benefits (moreleisure.com) leisurejobs About Serco At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone. By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging. Apply Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. We operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly Disability Confident Leader employers and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000. At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.