Kitchen Porter

As we prepare to open our YMCA Community & Activity Village in Newark, we are looking for a Kitchen Porter to be one of the founding members of our kitchen team.  This is an integral role to the kitchen, ensuring the smooth running of our food and beverage service.

You will work 35 hours per week including evenings and weekends.

This is a lovely opportunity to get involved from the beginning of a fantastic community project.

On a day to day basis, you can expect your role to include:

  • Ensuring the kitchen area is clean and tidy at all times, including washing pots and pans, cleaning floors and sanitising food preparation areas.
  • Ensuring quick and efficient cleaning of all cooking tools and utensils for the chef team and front of house team.
  • Supporting the chef team with food preparation and service as required.

If you enjoy working in a kitchen environment and thrives on a busy shift, you love being busy and pride yourself on the highest standard of cleanliness this is a great role for you. We can offer training and qualifications to support to development.

Apply today

If you think that you’d be a great fit for this role and would be excited to work to develop our new facilities then you should apply today.

Email your CV Job Description

Job Title: Kitchen Porter
Department: Hospitality
Responsible to: Head Chef
Location: YMCA Newark & Sherwood, Community & Activity Village
Hours: 35
Salary: £17,290 per annum

Job Purpose

  1. Ensuring the kitchen area is clean and tidy at all times, including washing pots and pans, cleaning floors and sanitising food preparation areas.
  2. Ensuring quick and efficient cleaning of all cooking tools and utensils for the Chef Team and front of house team.
  3. Supporting the Chef Team with food preparation and service as required.
  4. To support the development of an organisational culture that puts our Christian Core Values – Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility – at the centre of all we do.

Principal Responsibilities

  1. Ensuring all kitchen work surfaces, storage areas and chillers are kept clean and sanitised for use.
  2. Sweeping and mopping floors at the beginning and end of shifts.
  3. Assisting with cleaning spillages to ensure a quick and efficient kitchen service remains in place.
  4. Washing cookware, utensils and cutlery fast to keep them in rotation.
  5. Ensuring the kitchen is kept clean at all times, completing deep cleaning tasks as required.
  6. Maintaining the cleaning equipment storage, notifying the Head Chef and Hospitality & Events Manager where stock is required.
  7. Take out rubbish and recycling as required.
  8. Providing assistance to the Chef Team and Front of House Team as required.
  9. Ensuring all statutory and internal regulations regarding hygiene, safety and cleanliness are followed at all times, attending training as required.
  10. Monitoring storage and stock room areas and keeping clean and tidy