Overview
Job Title: Hospitality Support (Variable Hours, Fixed Term)
Salary: £12.60 per hour
Closing Date: 2025-11-16
About the Role
Leeds City College are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Hospitality Team Member to join our Travel, Food and Drink department. As part of our dynamic team, you will support the delivery of high-quality catering lessons and help create a positive, professional and inspiring learning environment for our students. Working closely with our chef tutors and hospitality staff, you will play a key role in ensuring lessons run smoothly, resources are well-organised, and students gain real-world experience in a supportive and engaging setting. A passion for hospitality, teamwork, and excellent customer service is essential, along with a genuine commitment to helping students succeed and enjoy their learning.
This is a variable hours, fixed term contract (6 months) role. You will be expected to work up to 37 hours per week to cover for staff absence. Please note that the hours may be reduced or withdrawn entirely should the staff member return to work during the contract period.
What You Will Do
- Support staff by setting up class trolleys, teaching materials, and supporting the student shop.
- Identify food products that need to be utilized to minimize waste, suggesting how these items can be used in classes or to produce goods for the student shop.
- Give technical and product assistance to learners and staff.
- Ensure all cleaning duties are completed to a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene within all kitchens, equipment and storage areas are cleaned and well maintained, and undertake planned deep clean activities as required.
- Ensure equipment and resources are maintained following safe working practices and manufacturer’s guidelines.
- Demonstration of safe working practice and procedures within curriculum area including wearing of correct PPE.
- Maintain records for chilled, ambient, and frozen goods within legal limits for safe delivery and that all required documents are completed for due diligence purposes.
- Support the Deputy Head of the department to ensure food cost targets are adhered to, using electronic and manual monitoring systems.
About You
- Level 2 Maths & English or willingness to achieve.
- Experience of working within an educational catering environment.
- Experience in dealing with external customers and delivering exceptional customer service.
- Experience of providing effective hygiene support, monitoring food safety and due diligence systems.
- Experience of collating and processing orders and deliveries.
- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to relate to all levels of staff, students, clients and stakeholders.
Benefits
The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
People’s Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.
About Us
Leeds City College is one of the largest further education institutions in the country and is one of the biggest providers of apprenticeships regionally.
We provide a vibrant and diverse learning environment, delivering excellent and innovative education which is supportive, inspiring and life changing. Leeds City College’s values put students first and are at the heart of everything the college does.
We are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our staff. You’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow. We offer a wide range of job vacancies, and our large size means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.
Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.
SAFEGUARDING
At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group’s values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed. By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives. To find out more about what our commitment to EDI means to us please Click here to learn more about our EDI objectives.
RECRUITMENT AGENCIES
We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly.
- We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies.
- We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.
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