An opportunity has arisen for a Catering Assistant to join our amazing Catering Department. Catering Assistants support the wider Catering team in providing and serving meals for students and staff during term time, and for the Fettes College Language School students and staff during the summer. Reporting to the Assistant Catering Manager, and Catering Supervisors, Catering Assistants work 5 days out of 7 and should be available to support functions and events within the College as required. Main Responsibilities: Please see the full Job Description for duties and responsibilities for this role Ideal Candidate: Person Specification Have a passion for providing excellent customer service. Excellent time keeping and time management skills. Be familiar with Health and Safety requirements within a catering environment. Be a competent multi-tasker, who can work under pressure, and as part of a happy and committed catering team. Ideally, have a strong background in a similar high volume/high quality catering establishment. An Elementary Food Hygiene qualification would be preferable. Experience of allergen legislation and knowledge of special diets would be useful. Package Description: Benefits In addition to being part of a great team you will be entitled to a range of benefits that include: 30 days holidays and 8 days public holidays, generally taken outside term time Time off over Christmas and New Year (2 weeks of annual leave) as the school is closed at this time. Parking within the campus grounds. The campus is easily accessed by car and bus; there is a bus stop located outside the campus serving several routes across the city and to rail stations Membership of Westwoods gym and health club which offers a range of excellent fitness and leisure facilities including a 25m swimming pool Free lunchtime meals during term time, and at other times when catering is provided, and you are on duty. Life insurance scheme. Excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). You will be opted into the Fettes College Pension Plan after 3 months’ service. This scheme is a money purchase one, operating as a salary exchange plan. The College will contribute to the scheme a minimum of 8%, and you will contribute a minimum of 2%. Fettes operate a contribution matching scheme up to 12% of base salary. Access to discounted healthcare, additional life insurance, shopping discounts, etc through our 4me benefits portal. Hours of work The salary for this role is £12.71 per hour, with hours of work being 35 hours per week (varied start and finish between 6.30am and 9.30pm), 5 days out of 7 to cover weekends. The hours worked above contractual hours will be paid at 1.5 of a normal hourly rate.