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Stoke-on-Trent
£10 an hour – Temporary
Warehouse Operative required for our client based in Tunstall, Staffordshire. Our client is one of the region’s best known manufacturers for construction equipment.
Hour & Shift Pattern
You will be required to work Monday to Friday starting at 08:30am and finishing at 05:30pm. Ongoing.
Requirements
A willingness to assist with general warehouse duties is required as you will be asked to assist the general warehouse team to complete tasks.
Next Step
This position is available for someone to start as soon as possible so please ‘Apply’ today!
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Apply below.
https://www.workchain.co.uk/job/warehouse-operative-stoke-on-trent-9435
Team Member – Restaurant
Hanley
Contract
Restaurant Team Member
HANLEY BREWERS’ FAYRE
Hours: 12-20 per week
Starting hourly rate: £NMW
Plus, if you’re still with us at the end of October 2021 we’ll pay you up to a week’s extra pay!
At Brewers Fayre every guest is greeted with a warm welcome… So, you will be the friendly face of our restaurant, greeting, seating, and serving all guests with a smile. You will ensure every moment; from taking orders, serving the drinks, delivering the main course, to taking payments with a genuine ‘thank you’ is timely, efficient, and delivered with enthusiasm. It is all about creating great memories, you’ll add the little touches that make a visit to our restaurant a great experience!
We have an award-winning apprenticeship programme too, so could offer you the opportunity to earn qualifications alongside completing your core training for the role.
Your skills and experience
You do not necessarily need previous experience to do this role. It’s all about what you can bring as a person. You will need to:
- Be comfortable working within a fast-paced environment,
- Have a passion for delivering an outstanding level of customer service and maintaining standards.
- To be able to learn new skills quickly, multitask and remain calm when under pressure.
What is a Restaurant Team Member?
- Working your team mates on the bar, the restaurant floor, in our kitchen and the management team, you will support each other ensuring that you always deliver an outstanding guest experience.
- You will learn all about our latest drinks and food menu, to recommend your personal favourites, adding your personality and passion for giving great guest service.
Work with Whitbread
If you did not know… Whitbread is known for the UK’s most loved hotel Premier Inn and some of the best-known restaurant brands. Over the years we have grown to have Hotels and Restaurants across the UK, Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Germany. There are no limits to your ambition. We are truly proud to give great experiences to millions of guests and create long term career opportunities for people like you!
We have a 278-year proven track record of helping people reach their full potential and have been voted a Top Employer for the ELEVENTH year running in 2021.
We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone is welcome and truly feels able to be themselves. Our aim is to continue to attract, and welcome, a diverse range of applicants from all walks of life to help improve and develop our team every day.
As a Team Member, not only will you get the opportunity to build a career with Whitbread, you’ll enjoy the chance to shine every day with our award-winning induction and training programmes, but we will also offer a range of great benefits also, which include:
- Exclusive Employee Offers
- Whitbread’s Privilege Card gives you up to 60% discount on hotel rooms across UK, Ireland, and Germany and 25% discount across our restaurant brands.
- You will also benefit from huge Discounts on our famous Premier Inn Hypnos Mattresses, pillows, and beds.
- Whilst on shift, choose from our special menu, with meals starting from £2 or get 50% off the standard menu.
- Financial Wellbeing Benefits
- Pension scheme with employer contribution
- Annual Sharesave (Save As You Earn) Scheme
- Physical, Mental & Emotional Wellbeing Benefits
- MyGym & MyActive discounts
- Discounts on Cycling Products at Halfords
- Access to Hospitality Action (our Employee Assistance Programme), offering a wide range of support options for you and your family.
- Eye Health and Vision Express Discount.
- Recognition and Discounts
- MyRewards platform, where you recognise and are recognised for delivering the best guest and team experiences. It’s also where you’ll be rewarded for top performance during trading or team incentives.
- Perks at Work Portal, offering a wide range of retail and leisure discounts.
- O2 Open Employee Discount
- Virgin Experience Days
- Costco Membership
- Charity – we want to support and celebrate your dedication to charitable causes close to your heart through:
- Raise & Match Scheme
- Give and Match Scheme
If all of this sounds like you…. Apply today to start your Whitbread journey!
Apply below.
Hotel Room Cleaner
Stoke-on-Trent ST1
£8.91 an hour – Apprenticeship
Hotel Room Cleaner
DoubleTree by Hilton Stoke on Trent, Etruria Hall, Festival Way, Stoke on Trent, ST1 5BQ
Rate: £8.91 | Hours: Various
Benefits: Fixed hours contract available – Life Insurance – Free access to Doctor and Legal helpline | Counselling/Wellbeing Support Service | Discounts from 200 top retailers | Training budget of upto £5,000 per year with unlimited career progression.
With Instant Apply your details are passed directly the hiring manager, who will contact you within 24 hours to arrange your interview and potential start date.
Privacy statement: Your personal details will be used for recruitment purposes and processed by WGC Limited only.
WGC is the UK’s leading outsourced hotel services company, helping our clients deliver some of the best guest experiences to over 24 million customers each year.
In the role of Room Attendant, you will report to Head Housekeeper and be responsible for supporting the housekeeping team in the day to day running of the department.
In return for your dedication, WGC offers an industry leading package and is passionate about career progression; we’ll look to build a career plan with you that includes training, mentoring and extensive experience outside your current skill set, all to ensure you have some of the best opportunities to progress through the company.
WGC will provide you with an annual training allowance of up to £10,000, which can be used on a selection of WGC Approved Apprenticeships and accredited training courses, including English, Math’s, IT and more.
Benefits also include:
- Life & Critical Illness Insurance
- Discount Store with discounts from ASDA, O2 & more
- Discounted hotels and flights
- Low-cost health insurance
- Full workplace pension scheme
- 28 days holiday
Your role will include:
- Cleaning guest rooms to the hotel standard
- Replenishing linen and guest supplies
- Providing a great guest experience
- Reporting any maintenance faults and deal with lost property
- Ensuring that all appliances, fixtures, and fittings are safe and work in accordance with regulations and report any faults to the Head Housekeeper.
If you have previous experience of working in a housekeeping environment or you’re looking for a new challenge and want to join a business that offers you exceptional development and potential to progress, apply now.
Apply below.
Stoke-on-Trent ST4
Part-time
As part-time Waiting Staff at the Poachers Cottage – Harvester, you will be the friendly face our guests remember. You will know our menu inside out and recommend your favourites. You will inject your personality every moment you are with our guests so that they love to come back time and time again.
Join us at Harvester, the nation’s family favourite for feel-good dining. Famous for our fresh rotisserie chicken and unlimited salad bar since 1983. Fancy a fresh start? We want to hear from you.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
- Flexible shifts – to fit around the other important things in life.
- Love dining out. You will love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands. Whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery, we have got you covered.
- Never a dull moment – fun, laughs and lifelong friends!
- Team Socials – work hard, play hard!
On top of this, we offer a pension; 28 days paid holiday; high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There is also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.
WHAT WILL I BE DOING? AS WAITING STAFF YOU’LL…
- Greet, serve, and look after our guests so they go home happy.
- Maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and safety.
- Work with our team to create a friendly atmosphere our guests will love.
- Be a champion of brand standards.
- Know the menus inside out, making recommendations to our guests.
WHAT DO I NEED?
It takes a mixture of ingredients to make the perfect drink, and our teams are no different. You will…
- Have a passion for hospitality (if you know, you know!)
- Have a great eye for detail.
- Always give great service
- Be a fun-loving, social, team player.
Apply below.
Kitchen Assistant
Stoke-on-Trent ST4
Part-time
With your support as a Kitchen Assistant at the Poachers Cottage – Harvester, everything will run like clockwork! You will make sure everything is stocked up, clean, tidy, and ready for the shift ahead.
Join us at Harvester, the nation’s family favourite for feel-good dining. Famous for our fresh rotisserie chicken and unlimited salad bar since 1983. Fancy a fresh start? We want to hear from you.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
- Love dining out. You will love it even more with a massive 33% discount across all our brands. Whether its date night at Miller & Carter or family roast at Toby Carvery, we have got you covered.
- With us, your first role usually is not your last, over 40% of our Chefs go on to become a Head Chef!
- Never a dull moment – fun, laughs and lifelong friends!
- Flexible shifts – to fit around the other important things in life.
- Lifelong learning – Funded qualifications up to degree level
On top of this, we offer a pension; 28 days paid holiday; high-street shopping discounts; and we even give you free shares! There is also a free employee helpline- to support you with whatever life throws at you.
WHAT WILL I BE DOING? AS KITCHEN ASSISTANT YOU’LL…
- Be a champion of brand standards.
- Support in keeping the kitchen clean during a busy shift.
- Set up the kitchen ready for a smooth shift.
WHAT DO I NEED?
It takes a mixture of ingredients to make the perfect dish, and our teams are no different. You will….
- Have a passion for hospitality (if you know, you know!)
- Be super organised.
- Be a supportive team player.
Apply below.
Catering Assistant
Stoke-on-Trent ST1
£9.01 an hour – Permanent
Hours: 30
Contract: Permanent
Reporting into the Chef Manager, responsibilities will include:
- Delivering a quality catering service in line with health, safety, and hygiene requirements.
- Compliance with food safely hygiene and health & safety procedures.
- Minimising wastage when preparing meals and using equipment correctly.
- Escalating concerns and issues.
Required knowledge & experience:
- Level 2 food safety certificate.
- Health & safety procedures including control of substances harmful to health (COSHH)
- Previous catering experience with knowledge of basic food safety and safe use of knives & kitchen equipment.
- Experience of working with older people.
Required skills:
- Ability to organize time and prioritise activities.
- Able to work in a pressured environment.
- Flexible and able to work as part of a team and individually.
Anchor Hanover is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to have an LGBT+ resident group, and BAME, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks. These work closely with the organisation to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We recruit, train, and promote without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other protected status. One of our values is ‘respect’, therefore we do not accept harassment or discrimination from any colleague, resident or third party.
The Cedars in Stoke-on-Trent is home to well trained and helpful staff with rooms for up to 42 residents. At Anchor, we pride ourselves in providing 24-hour care and specialised services for elderly people, the beauty of our grounds, the quality of our catering and our engaging activities we deliver.
- We pride ourselves on the quality of our catering, with our chef preparing meals daily from fresh, seasonal ingredients.
- Free parking and easy public transport links with a bus stop at the top of the driveway
- Welcoming and helpful staff team
Anchor Hanover Group is the largest provider of specialist housing and care for people in later life in England, employing more than 9,000 people throughout England. We provide more than 60,000 homes for older people and are a trusted care provider with more than 100 care homes.
- Free DBS
- Free uniform
- Anchor shopping discounts
- Pension plan (4% employee, 4% employer contribution)
- Double time payment on select Bank Holidays.
Apply below.
https://apply.anchorhanover.org.uk/vacancies/11420.20210715/
Apprenticeships
Administrative Apprentice
THE COLLEGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Stoke-on-Trent ST2
Apprenticeship
Provide full administrative support as well as assisting in all daily clerical functions within the Academy. Act as first point of contact for visitors to the Academy and those making contact by telephone. The successful candidate will also gain a wide range of experience working on reception and dealing with enquiries.
Closing date: 01 Aug 2021
Apprenticeship summary
- Annual wage
£8,273.20
- Working week
Monday – Friday 37 hours
Total hours per week: 37.00
- Expected duration.
15 months
- Possible start date
09 Aug 2021
- Apprenticeship level
Intermediate
Level 2 (GCSE)
- Reference number
VAC001739045
- Positions
1 available
- Act as first point of contact for visitors to the Academy and those making contact by telephone.
- Receive, sign for, sort, and distribute post coming into the Academy.
- Ensure all telephone messages are recorded, including students’ absences and to pass messages to the appropriate person.
- Minute taking and the production of minutes.
- Operate and service (with toner, paper etc.) all machinery in Reprographics/ Administration areas and to contact engineers to keep all machinery in working order.
- Support the Exams & Qualifications Manager in all administrative tasks as required.
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- Highly organised and able to prioritise workloads.
- Ability to proofread Academy documents.
- Good communication skills, both oral and written
- Good interpersonal and customer service skills
- Ability to work using own initiative and within boundaries.
- Ability to work effectively with people across a wide range of levels and responsibilities.
- Good attention to detail, achieving accurate standards of work.
- Good team working skills.
- Tact and diplomacy
- A good knowledge of SIMS, or willingness to learn.
- Maintains confidentiality.
Personal qualities
- A commitment to maintain high customer care standards.
- A willingness to undertake appropriate training.
- Awareness and sensitivity about equal opportunities and race equality
Desired qualifications
GCSE grades A*-C including math’s and English (or equivalent).
Prospects
Completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a permanent position for the right person.
About the employer
The Alpha Academies Trust has been established to create a network of schools in North Staffordshire that provide excellent academic tuition and outstanding vocational experience for young people. Our focus is on inspiring students to achieve, providing them with skills for the modern workplace, and, working closely with employers, to create innovative learning partnerships.
Apply below.
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-631234
Engineering Apprenticeship
Stoke-on-Trent ST3
Apprenticeship
Studying towards a Diploma qualification, students will gain experience and understanding through work experience and theoretical knowledge with a Engineering Apprenticeship qualification. For the right person, there is the opportunity to secure full time employment and progress to higher level qualifications.
Apprenticeship summary
- Annual wage
£12,500.00
- Working week
Monday – Friday, 8.00am – 4.30pm
Total hours per week: 40.00
- Expected duration
3 years
- Possible start date
09 Aug 2021
- Apprenticeship level
Intermediate
Level 2 (GCSE)
- Reference number
VAC001737741
- Positions
1 available
Studying towards a diploma, students will gain a basic understanding through work experience in such areas as:
- Fabrication
- CNC
- Assembly
- CAD Design
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- Should have a good technical mind set with a practical approach to tasks presented.
- A clear-thinking, analytical attitude to the task in-hand with the ability to see work completed thoroughly within agreed timescales and to exacting quality standards.
- Ability to interpret instructions and follow them without deviation, to achieve the precise requirements of work allocated.
Personal qualities
- Polite and presentable always
- Have good interpersonal skills and be able to communicate with customers and colleagues effectively.
- An enquiring mind and a willingness to learn is an essential requirement for the work to be carried out.
Desired qualifications
- Grades C/4 or equivalent or higher at GCSE/A Level in math’s, English, and Science
Prospects
- To be confirmed by employer
Things to consider.
- 25 days holiday per year, plus statutory days and monthly bonus scheme
Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that’s part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week)
The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW):
Apply below.
https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-629930
Volunteering
Volunteer – Various roles
Salvation Army Trading Co. Ltd.
Stoke-on-Trent
Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd (SATCoL) is the trading arm of The Salvation Army in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We were established in 1991 to help fund The Salvation Army’s vital work with vulnerable people in the UK, and today we raise money and encourage reuse and recycling through a network of over 230 charity shops, 2 Superstores, 8Donation Centres and a rapidly expanding clothing collection division, all of which is constantly growing and developing.
With the support of the British public, we have been able to donate millions of pounds to The Salvation Army – over £43 million has been donated in the last five years alone, helping to fund the extensive and very important work that The Salvation Army carries out– including homelessness and addiction services, care for older people, help at emergency incidents, support for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales and a Family Tracing Service.
If you want to be a part of our success and to play a part in helping others whilst volunteering for a fantastic company, then we have a role that suits you.
Apply below.
Volunteer
UCB S.A.
Stoke-on-Trent
UCB is looking for a volunteer who can commit to half a day a week to assist with administration support within our busy Communications department, particularly within the areas of Mailings, Tour Days and Legacies. We are looking for someone who is well organised, computer literate and has good communication skills; both written and verbal. Any necessary training will be given.
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