Type: Part-time (16 hours per week)

Pay: £9.00 per hour

Term: 1 year

Start Date: To be negotiated with successful candidate.

Position Overview:

The Parish Trust is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team as a Catering and Hospitality Apprentice. This unique apprenticeship opportunity as part of The Parish Trust’s Profectus Programme offers hands-on experience in various aspects of catering and hospitality, including assisting with lunch club events, contributing to food poverty campaigns, operating the “Caffi Caredig” coffee van, and acquiring valuable barista skills. The successful candidate will also play a key role in coordinating and delivering diverse events where food is served.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Assist in Lunch Club Events:
   • Support the planning and execution of occasional and regular lunch club events.
   • Contribute to the preparation, serving, and cleanup of meals.
2. Food Poverty Campaigns:
   • Collaborate with the team to assist in initiatives related to food poverty campaigns.
   • Help organize and distribute food to those in need.
3. “Caffi Caredig” Coffee Van:
   • Work on the mobile coffee van, providing excellent customer service to patrons.
   • Learn and master barista skills, including coffee preparation and presentation.
4. Event Coordination and Delivery:
   • Participate in the coordination of various events where food is served.
   • Assist in the setup, service, and breakdown of catering elements during events.
5. Team Collaboration:
   • Work closely with the catering and hospitality team to ensure seamless operations.
   • Communicate effectively and contribute ideas to enhance overall efficiency.
6. Training and Development:
   • Engage in ongoing training to acquire and improve catering and hospitality skills.
   • Actively participate in skill-building activities and workshops.

Qualifications:

• Enthusiastic attitude with a passion for catering and hospitality.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team and independently.
• Willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Basic knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices is an advantage.

Benefits:

• Hands-on experience in the catering and hospitality industry.
• Training and skill development opportunities.
• Enrolment onto a suitable Apprenticeship Course leading to a Level 3 qualification.
• Contribution to meaningful community projects and campaigns.

Contract type: Fixed term for 12months, with the possibility of permanence.

Hours: Thursdays, 11:30am – 3:30pm

Pay: £10.90 p/h

Location: The Parish Trust HQ (Heol yr Ysgol, Trethomas, Caerphilly, CF83 8FL)

Reports to: CARE & Wellbeing Coordinator

Key activities and responsibilities

• To set up the building, and prepare the kitchen.
• Ensuring compliance with all food hygiene and health & safety.
• To meet and great service users.
• To plan, cook, and serve meals.
• Cleaning the Kitchen area, ensuring it is safe and hygienic at all times.
• Collecting money for lunch club admissions.
• To assist in recruiting volunteers and assist them in preparing the club for the day and leaving it clean and tidy at the end of the day.
• Socialise and chat with the members who attend the lunch club.
• To promote the lunch club and the overall work of The Parish Trust.
• To be committed to developing the lunch club and foster a sense of belonging and community amongst users.
• Being a welcoming face, ensuring excellent customer service.
• Be familiar and up-to-date with all policy and procedures of the charity, and all expectations and standards of food hygiene and safety.
• Uphold the highest standards of health and safety, cleanliness and professionalism and use your own initiative to respond quickly to issues or challenges that may arise during the course of your work.
• Any other duties as would be expected to successfully run a community lunch club.

Personal Specification

You are…

• Passionate about charitable work.
• Self motivated, resilient, and willing to try new things.
• Passionate about delivering a high quality lunch club experience.
• Able to lead, but also work as part of a team.
• A people person, who thrives on hospitality and creating welcome.

Education, qualifications or experience

• Experience of working in a catering environment is desirable but not essential.
• In possession of or willing to be trained to Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate, and trained to all food hygiene and safety standards.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Enjoys multi-tasking in a busy fast-changing environment.
• Confident with simple mental arithmetic.
• Positive about embracing challenge and change, open to experimenting and fresh ideas.
• Believer in supportive environments, sharing with colleagues, and a supporter of the charity’s overall objectives.

To ensure all functions and tasks involved in the day-to-day cleaning of The Parish Trust building are carried out efficiently and effectively in accordance with agreed procedures and protocols, so that all of our stakeholders enjoy a clean environment and the reputation of The Parish Trust is enhanced and maintained.

The Cleaner is an integral part of the day-to-day functioning of The Parish Trust’s building. Whilst the work of the cleaner is often unseen, it is absolutely vital in order to ensure the cleanliness and high standard of presentation that the charity needs to maintain for the benefit of our stakeholders. It will suit someone who is a hard worker, interested in contributing towards the success of a charity, and who prides themselves in creating a great impression.

Essential Details

Contract – This position is a part time permanent contract, for 10 hours per week.

Working Pattern – Monday-Friday. The job will need to be done either early in the morning, or late at night outside the charity’s normal working day which is between 8am-10pm. There could be some flexibility in timings, which would be agreed in consultation with the successful candidate.

Wage – The wage is £5,200 p/a (£20,800 p/a pro rata for a full time contract)

Location – The Parish Trust, Heol yr Ysgol, Trethomas, CF83 8FL.

Main Responsibilities & Tasks

• To be responsible for the cleanliness of the site, whilst following Health & Safety guidelines
• The safe use of chemicals and cleaning materials as instructed Health and Safety guidelines and the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) where necessary
• To operate cleaning machinery in cleaning soft and hard surfaces, eg. vacuum cleaners and polishers
• To maintain high standards of hygiene and safety of all cleaning equipment and cleaning cupboards in your charge.
• To report any hazards, defects and any relevant factors of building or environment safety that may be detrimental to safe working practices and normal charity operations, immediately to the Office
• To report any hazards, defects and any relevant factors of breakdowns of equipment that may be detrimental to safe working practices to the Office.

Duties to include the following:

• Vacuum cleaning hard and soft floors
• Spot cleaning of spillages
• Wiping furniture, ledges, pipes, paintwork, doors and polishing door glass
• Emptying and cleaning bins
• Cleaning toilets and bathrooms including sanitary fittings and surrounds
• Mopping and spray cleaning hard floor surfaces
• Cleaning of kitchen, maintaining standards expected of a Food Hygiene rated premises
• Wiping and polishing and straightening furniture
• Replenishing janitorial supplies in toilets, etc
• Checking and closing windows, switching off lights (where required) after work
• Keeping a log of cleaning/sanitary equipment and consumables and liaising with the Office staff to arrange replenishment where necessary.
• Such other duties as may be allocated from time to time, inside and outside the building.

Person Specification