Kitchen Porter

Kitchen Porter

Department: Catering

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Central Oxford

Compensation: £24,215 - £28,778 / year

Magdalen College is one of the most beautiful of the Oxford colleges with a hundred-acre site of ancient and modern buildings including the landmark Great Tower beside Magdalen Bridge. Accommodation is provided to over five hundred graduate and undergraduate students. The College also houses several residential Fellows and provides teaching and meeting rooms, offices and common rooms that are serviced seven days a week.

The catering team also service the Senior Common Room, providing lunch and High Table dinners. The Buttery provides Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner provision for Middle Common Room and Junior Common Room members in Hall. The Old Kitchen Bar provides a snack bar service throughout the day as well as a licensed bar during the evenings, also providing a venue for students bops and functions.

The College is a busy conference venue during the summer months and is also a popular destination for visitors to Oxford during the vacations.

• Receiving deliveries from suppliers and monitoring them as required for quality and food safety.
• Rapidly distributing deliveries to the appropriate stores, work areas or chefs.
• Transferring waste to the correct external waste bins and maintaining clean waste areas.
• Cleaning pots, pans, utensils and other kitchen equipment to the required standard.
• Operating the dishwashing machine safely and as instructed.
• Keeping kitchen walls, floors, food preparation surfaces, fixtures and fittings clean.
• Carrying out periodic cleaning of cooking equipment and other catering equipment as required.
• Assisting chefs with basic food preparation when required.
• Working efficiently and ensuring critical service areas are ready for serving times.
• Working in any area of the Catering Department to meet the needs of the College.

• Providing a courteous and professional service to all College customer groups and colleagues.
• Readily accepting mentoring and training when and where required.
• Understanding the benefits of teamwork, mutual respect and supporting colleagues during busy periods.

• Having an open mind to change and to the development of the Department.
• Providing a quality of service which meets the Catering Code of Practice.
• Feeding back operational information, issues or concerns to the Line Manager and colleagues.
• Being prepared to work in any area of the College and to cover emergencies and special business needs from time to time.
• Being commercially aware in terms of service standards and the need to reduce waste.
• Gaining an understanding of relevant legislation and striving to implement it as required.

• Completing health and safety, goods delivery, cleaning and other administrative records as required.
• Reporting accidents, breakages, losses, unsafe working conditions and other irregularities to the appropriate manager.

• Taking responsibility for your own and your colleagues' health and well-being.
• Working in a safe and responsible manner at all times.
• Understanding and complying with College and statutory requirements relating to food hygiene, health and safety.
• Maintaining COSHH standards and using cleaning chemicals and materials safely and as instructed.
• Maintaining a high standard of personal cleanliness and wearing and maintaining the appropriate uniform at all times.

The above list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and you may be required to carry out alternative tasks as instructed by your Supervisor to ensure the department can operate an efficient service at all times.

• Reliable with good time management skills.
• First-class standard of personal presentation and personal hygiene.
• Be a team player with a professional and positive attitude.
• Flexible approach and willingness to work across the Catering Department as required.
• Motivated, consistent and willing to learn.
• Ambition to develop and improve.
• Willingness to be flexible to ensure the Department attains high standards.
• Understanding of, or willingness to…