Hospitality and Catering

We are recruiting for our flagship Dundreggan Rewilding Centre in the beautiful Scottish Highlands. Some of these posts will be full-time or part-time, with no split shifts. We are looking for friendly, happy and welcoming staff to work in our cafe and hospitality areas.

We are a supportive, fun and positive team. Training will be provided, but experience within cafe, kitchen or hospitality environments would be useful.

Starting salary: £10.90 per hour
Start date: As soon as possible
Hours: Part-time and full-time available
Deadline for application: Ongoing recruitment

Please send a completed application form and personal details form to jobs@treesforlife.org.uk. You will be contacted if you are shortlisted for an interview. Please note that CV’s will not be accepted. Contact jobs@treesforlife.org.uk for any queries.

For an application form, please visit https://treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us/

Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is an educational charity and leading science centre and visitor attraction with a 5-star status. Our mission is to inspire everyone to explore and understand the world around them and to discover and enjoy science.

We are a place of learning, creativity, curiosity, and fun, inspiring and empowering around half a million people every year, both inside and outside our amazing centre in Pacific Quay, on the banks of the Clyde.

Our state-of-the-art centre contains more than 450 interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a science show theatre, a teaching laboratory, an IMAX cinema, and a maker space. We also take science out of our centre and across Scotland with our On Tour programme and our Community Engagement Programme works closely with people in our local communities.

Our staff are vitally important to us and play a key role in achieving our mission. We value diversity in our workforce and want our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve bringing a range of skills, experiences, knowledge, and ideas to help towards our mission.

Our company values are important to us as they underpin who we are and how we work, what we believe in and stand for:

We strive for excellence

We are inclusive

We innovate

We collaborate

ABOUT THE ROLE

Are you committed to seeking excellence, creativity and innovation? Do GSC’s mission and values excite you? Do you want to work in a positive, vibrant and collaborative environment?

We are recruiting for a Kitchen Assistant to assist in the morning preparation of food and sandwiches for our coffee shop and café.

You will have previous experience of handling food in a professional kitchen environment, and will have strong communication and teamwork skills. A friendly, professional and hardworking attitude is important to us as is a genuine enthusiasm for GSC with commitment to our vision, mission and values.

If this sounds like you then we would love you to get in touch!

Salary Range: £10.90 per hour , contract: part time (approx.10 hrs) weekend contracts; varied hours

Dundee Science Centre is currently looking for outgoing and flexible individuals to come and join the team!

This rewarding role enables you to enhance the visitor experience we offer as well as be influential in our visitor services and catering provision. You will be a champion for exceptional Customer Service and facilitate an exciting and memorable experience throughout the visitor journey. You will be a confident engaging communicator who proactively welcomes our visitors. You will be a hardworking, analytical person with a natural ability to work as part of a team.

Your role will predominantly be public facing and based in either Café Create or Reception. You will welcome all visitors and colleagues with a friendly and bubbly attitude to the Centre and endeavour to provide an enjoyable experience to all. You will be an excellent communicator and an effective collaborator that can multi-task. You will have a passion for creating and providing high quality refreshments, including various hot beverages.

The successful candidate will have a positive, resourceful, and confident nature with the ability to work independently and play a key role across the organisation.

The post holder will be expected to work flexibly within the Dundee Science Centre team, reporting daily to the Visitor Experience Lead on duty that day and line managed by a VEL.

This post is available on a part-time basis with varied hours offered. Hours of work will be flexible depending on the availability of the individual; and will predominantly involve shifts over the weekend with occasional evening work.

To apply for the post please submit your CV and a covering letter, clearly indicating your suitability for the role. Applications should be sent FAO Rosemary to the address supplied.

Applications to be submitted by 1.00pm on Thursday 31st August 2023. Short listed candidates will be invited to interview on 6th September; no alternative dates are available so if you are not able to attend, please do not apply.

Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 15 hours per week (2.30pm – 10.30pm, Fridays and Saturdays)
Hourly Rate: £10.90 per hour, £14.53 for weekend shifts and evenings after 8pm
Job Grade: FCLW
Work Location: Adam Smith Theatre
Job Reference No: ON000442

We are OnFife and as Fife’s largest cultural organisation we specialise in making jaws drop, hearts warm, eyes light up and imaginations run wild. We work with a vast range of partners, artists and creatives and our spaces are some of Fife’s favourite places. An ambitious charity, we are built on strong values, and those values make us who we are – Fearless, Inviting, Fair and Exciting.

We’re a real Living Wage employer, and we offer a local government pension scheme, generous holiday allowance and flexible working opportunities. If you need to travel for work, we can provide pool cars if you’re near head office or pay travel expenses so you are not out of pocket! Along with this, you can also access discounted gym/swim memberships and other employee benefits.

The Role
We have a fantastic opportunity for a part-time Catering Assistant to join the team at our newly refurbished Adam Smith Theatre. This position is for 15 hours per week, 2.30pm – 10.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays.

The role includes preparing and serving of fresh local food and beverages, recording payments through epos till systems, and general cleaning duties within our newly refurbished cafe and bar environments.

You should have the desire and skills to provide an excellent customer experience, with similar experience in a catering environment and the ability to be flexible with working patterns. Bar experience would also be desirable.

You can view the full job and person spec on our current vacancies page on our website.

In return we offer:
Competitive salary package • Company uniform • Generous annual leave allowance
Company sick pay scheme • Workplace pension scheme • Fantastic career development opportunities • Overtime opportunities

How to Apply
If you would like to find out more information about this role before applying, you can contact Ayesha Nickson, Venue Manager. Contact details can be found on our current vacancies page on our website.

When you’re ready to apply, please download and complete our application form and return this along with a completed equal opportunities form to the HR team at hr.fct@onfife.com. The application pack can be downloaded from our current vacancies page on our website.

OnFife is an equal opportunities employer.

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community and are committed to the Armed Forces Covenant.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Thursday 7th September.

Interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 11th September.

Our café has one of the best views in the town! Because of this, we welcome hundreds
of people a week to our café and you’ll have a vitally important role to play. You’ll help
the catering team to deliver high quality service and you’ll work hard to ensure that our
visitors have a fantastic experience.

You will provide a warm welcome and must have a helpful attitude. You’ll quickly
develop an understanding of all our products and ingredients and be able to promote
the café’s special offers. Alongside other team members, staff keep the café clean, up to
our five-star standard, as well as serving customers quickly, efficiently and promoting
our Charity while doing so.

Principal duties
• To serve food efficiently from our kitchen, always ensuring friendly customer
interaction.
• Be knowledgeable about the products and special offers available.
• Follow the opening and closing procedures.
• Ensure all counters and displays are always clean and fully stocked.
• Ensure all equipment is fully operational.
• Ensure Seabird Café facilities are clean and of a high quality at all times including
tables, chairs, highchairs, and condiments.
• To keep the dishwashing area working smoothly.
• To assist in the acceptance of stock deliveries and storage.
• To process all till transactions accurately.
• To assist with cashing-up procedures to ensure daily takings are handled
securely.
• Observe all Health & Safety/ Environmental policies and procedures.
• To take an interest in and promote the work of our Charity, including our
Discovery Experience, Gift Shop, Events, and membership to customers.
• Carry out any other relevant duty as directed by the line manager that is within
the competence of the post holder.

Skills and experience
• A customer-focused attitude.
• Ability to achieve excellent results under pressure.
• Consistent delivery of a high-quality visitor experience.
• The ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic maths skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise your work.

Desirable skills
• An interest in Scotland’s marine and coastal environment
• An awareness of and alignment with environmental sustainability principles and practice.
Our values
Our values underpin everything we do. We take pride in bringing these to life in all that we do. We are:

• PASSIONATE about Scotland’s coastal and marine environment.
• INSPIRE others to explore and care for Scotland’s coastal and marine
environment.
• INNOVATE with the approaches we use to engage with people.
• COLLABORATE with local and national partners to convey the importance of
Scotland’s marine environment.
• INFORMED about the current health of Scotland’s marine wildlife and habitats
and the actions required to protect it.
• TRUSTWORTHY providing reliable information and acting with integrity and
without bias.

Performance: To be measured against clearly defined measurable and challenging goals.

We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and talented customer focused individuals to join our team at Castle Fraser.

Castle Fraser is a fabulous place for tourists and locals to soak up the atmosphere of old Scotland. Staff should be passionate about delivering outstanding customer experiences to our visitors and guests and able to maximise opportunities to generate income. Furthermore, we’re looking for team workers who are also able to use their own initiative and are driven to make a difference.
This role is about creating a 5 star visitor experience and providing outstanding customer service.