Catering Assistant (Heaton Fold)
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL1 5BU |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75781911 |
Summary
Grade B Scp 3 to Scp 4 £12.85 to £13.05 per hour
Contract Permanent
Essential Requirements, Age Restrictions 18 or over
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
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The Role:
We are seeking motivated and reliable individual to work in the back kitchen of our café facility within our already successful garden centre at Heaton Fold.
You will be required to assist in the preparation of all food items according to our established menu and operating model and front of house operations.
This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in our café facility and could lead to further opportunities for the right applicant. Working on a permanent basis, you must be available to work most weekends and Bank Holidays working a 6.5 hours per day shift, with initial operating hours no earlier than 10.00am no later than 4pm.
Applicants must be aged 18 and over as the premises is licensed for sale of alcohol from the café.
About You:
Predominantly working in the back kitchen preparing and presenting food to a high standard, you should be able to demonstrate good knowledge of food preparation and food hygiene.
You must also have excellent customer care skills and experience of cash handling.
You will be responsible for cleaning work areas and appliances, completing and recording daily compliance checks and maintaining health and safety standards in the work environment.
A full job description and person specification is available for the position.
About Us:
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
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This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
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