Food Services Assistant job at Carlisle Full Time

• 21 hours per week
• 4 days on 4 days off – Shifts vary across 8am-2pm and 7am-1pm
• £12.94 per hour
• Free onsite parking
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package

Food Service Assistant

Corporate Catering Environment | 4-on / 4-off Shift Pattern

Location: Carlisle, CA1 2TL

We are looking for a reliable and customer-focused Food Service Assistant to join our corporate catering team. The role involves supporting food preparation and service, maintaining high hygiene standards, and delivering an excellent customer experience, including independent weekend breakfast service.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve food to a high standard
• Deliver weekend breakfast service independently
• Maintain cleanliness across kitchen and dining areas
• Complete food safety and hygiene checks
• Support salad bar preparation and vending machine replenishment
• Provide professional customer service
• Follow all food safety, allergen, and health & safety procedures

About You

• Experience in catering, hospitality, or food service
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Good understanding of food hygiene and safety standards
• Reliable, organised, and able to work under pressure

Desirable

• Food Safety Level 2 qualification
• Corporate or contract catering experience

This is a great opportunity to join a professional catering environment where quality service and teamwork are valued.

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong in a company and team that values you for you.

Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life’s larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo:

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Join a team that values you for being you.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications