Chef De Partie - Salary up to £23,697 per annum

Durham University Spring/Summer Recruitment Campaign. We are looking for driven and passionate individuals to join our University kitchen teams. We have varied opportunities across our teams and colleges, please review our adverts to find out more!

The University

At Durham University, we are proud of our people, because they are at the heart of our globally outstanding institution, which is a key part of our local community. We inspire our people to do extraordinary things and we invite you to join our fantastic team.

Across the University, we have a huge variety of roles and responsibilities, which together make us one large and successful community. Whether you are at the very start, middle or end of your career, there is a role for you. We believe everyone has their own unique skills to offer.

At the University we promote and actively champion equality, diversity and inclusion. It is crucial that everyone can be themselves and can flourish in an environment where everyone respects each other and is treated fairly. We want our people and wider community to feel happy, secure and proud to be a part of Durham. We are looking for the same values in you.

We welcome and encourage applications from members of groups who are under-represented in our work force including people with disabilities, women and black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. For more information on our EDI strategy and values, click here

The Role and Department
“Passionately delivering an outstanding experience”

Chef de Partie posts are full time and permanent, where you will work 35 hours per week.

Salary up to £22,697 per annum, including an annual market supplement of £1500

Typical working hours are between 7am and 9.30pm any 5 days out of 7, which include some evenings and weekends.

We are a team of over 500, providing fresh and diverse catering throughout Durham University.

This includes college dining halls, college bars, college cafés, visitor attractions and branded retail catering outlets.

Our students are extremely important to us but we also provide catering to University colleagues, commercial guests, and VIPs including royalty.

Chef de Parties are key back of house members of the catering team, responsible for supporting the Head Chef with food production and running of the kitchen, and ensuring the highest quality food and standards are delivered. The Chef de Partie will also assist with day to day cleaning of kitchen and catering equipment, receipt and storage of goods, checking and signing for deliveries.

Successful candidates are expected to promote a positive image of University Catering and Durham University at all times.

Vacancies;

We are recruiting several permanent and full time roles.

Salary up to £23,697 per annum, including an annual market supplement of £1500.

What you need to demonstrate when you apply

When you apply it is important that you let us know what skills/experience you have from a similar role and/or what skills/experience you have which would make you right for this role including:

How to Apply

We prefer to receive applications online. When you apply you need to submit a CV and/or a statement that tells us your experience and gives examples of how you meet the criteria above and/or submit the application form and include the information within the form.

We will update you about your application at various points throughout the selection process, via automated emails from our e-recruitment system. Please check your spam/junk folder periodically to make sure you have not missed any of our updates.

Who to contact for more information

If you would like to have a chat or ask any questions about the role or if you are struggling to complete the application process, Dave Walker (dave.walker@durham.ac.uk) or Richard Metcalfe (richard.metcalfe@durham.ac.uk) would be happy to speak to you.

Typical Role Requirements

• Deliver a frontline catering service to stakeholders with team members within a defined service area for concentrated periods of time.
• Operate a range of domestic, office, maintenance tools and equipment efficiently and effectively.
• Monitor and record changes to the working environment and service processes to ensure the safety, security and hygiene of service products and services.
• Follow University identification and security procedures when dealing with stakeholders new to a service area.
• Provide direction to service users about the range of events and activities and how to access them.
• Maintain wash up and food production areas and equipment to an exceptional standard of cleanliness.
• Complete necessary skills training to deliver a service in a catering environment.
• Apply manual dexterity, physical effort and/or sensory skills to carry out work in a defined space or service area.
• Assist team members where necessary to review and update risk assessments.
• Respond to first-line queries from suppliers, stakeholders and contacts where necessary.
• Be able to create high quality dishes, which are prepared, produced, presented and served in accordance with prescribed menus, recipes and standard operating procedures
• Any other reasonable duties.

Service Delivery

• Provide a highly responsive and/or frontline service to stakeholders.
• Provide direction to service users about the range of events and activities and how to access them.
• Respond to service users logging and recording queries and information systematically in accordance with procedures.
• Operate a system to record, dispense and distribute resources and information as required.
• Apply skills and techniques to operate and use a range of everyday task or job specific equipment, tools and resources.
• Follow a set of pre-determined tasks and objectives, with some discretion for variation, referring to team members where necessary.
• Gather and collate data and information for others to use for evaluation and decision making.
• Contribute to the tidying, set-up and maintenance of facilities, equipment and resources.
• Operate a range of domestic, office, maintenance tools and equipment efficiently and effectively.
• Monitor and record changes to the working environment and service processes to ensure the safety, security and hygiene of service products and services.
• Follow University identification and security procedures when dealing with stakeholders new to a service area.
• Apply manual dexterity, physical effort and/or sensory skills to carry out work in a defined space or service area.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and the University’s values.

Teamwork

• Deliver a frontline service to stakeholders with team members within a defined service area for concentrated periods of time.
• Assist team members where necessary to review and update risk assessments.
• Assist team members within a wider service team with a rotation of tasks and duties or with own small area of day to day responsibility.
• Assist team members to concentrate effort on a more regular basis to achieve common goals.
• Collaborate with team members to identify work flows, timescales and where support is required.

Communication/Personal

• Liaise with representatives from other teams/service areas where necessary.
• Complete necessary skills training to deliver a service in a retail, catering or leisure environment.
• Respond to first-line queries from suppliers, stakeholders and contacts where necessary.
• Any other reasonable duties.

Please note that in submitting your application Durham University will be processing your data. We would ask you to consider the relevant University Privacy Statement Privacy Notices - Durham University which provides information on the collation, storing and use of data.

When appointing to this role the University must ensure that it meets any applicable immigration requirements, including salary thresholds which are applicable to some visas.