Cafe Chef

Student and Campus Life (SCL) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit a talented Café Chef at The Gaming Café. 

The Gaming Café located on the Lisburn Road is a new cutting edge ESports and traditional board games venue in a state of the art development.       

Your role will involve day to day supervision of the kitchen, ordering and preparation of food, menu development and supervision of a small kitchen team.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

This is a full-time position on campus.  The position involves working in a shift pattern over 7 days and an 18% shift allowance will be paid.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria: 

• Either academic and/or vocational qualification ( e.g. GCSE, O’Level, NVQ 2, City & Guilds 706/2 in Hospitality related subject (or equivalent) and relevant previous experience in a commercial catering or café environment OR significant relevant work experience in commercial catering or café environment (Previous supervisory skills required).
• Basic Food and Hygiene Certificate.
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant systems, procedures, all quality standards which must be kept including Health and Safety.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, click on the 'Candidate Information' link below.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity ; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/ .

Informal enquiries can be made to Gary Daly at [email protected]

Candidate Information

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