Food & Beverage Assistant

Job title Food & Beverage Assistant (Full Time)

Department Hospitality Operations

Salary Starting from £25,529

Grade Grade 2

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Thursday 15 October 2026

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference KD14027

Special Conditions A variable shift pattern, working 5 days out of 7

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and motivated individual to join our West Hospitality team at the University of Bath.

As a Food & Beverage Assistant, you will play an important role in supporting the smooth day-to-day running of our catering operations, ensuring that high standards of customer service are consistently maintained.

Working collaboratively with colleagues, you will help deliver a friendly, efficient and welcoming service to students, staff and visitors. Your responsibilities will include taking customer orders, serving food and beverages, operating tills, replenishing food stations and maintaining clean and presentable catering areas.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 36.5 hours per week on a 5-out-of-7-day rotating shift pattern, including early mornings, evenings and weekends. All shifts are straight shifts, with no split shifts.

Full training and uniforms are provided, alongside opportunities for development and career progression within the department.

You will have:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• A positive, professional and flexible approach to work.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards of service.

Previous experience in a similar role or customer-facing environment is desirable.

Campus Services New Starter
bonus *.In addition to the great benefits Campus Services’ offers, we can offer you a £1,000 bonus. This is payable the month after successfully passing your six months’ probation.
Please note this bonus is pro rata for part time positions.

This role is also eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus*. If a university staff member has ‘referred’ you to apply for this vacancy they may be eligible for a bonus. Please ensure when applying, that you select ‘Referred by current member of staff’ or note their name when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?'.

The referrer must be noted at time of application to be considered.

* Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal…