Location: Sandymount
Contract: 27 hours per week
Reports to: Catering Manager
About the role
We're looking for a reliable, hands‑on Catering Assistant who will also cover Kitchen Porter duties to help our staff canteen run smoothly, safely and to a high standard. You'll support food preparation and service, maintain excellent hygiene, and keep the back‑of‑house clean, organised, and compliant with Irish/EU food safety law.
Key responsibilities
* Food preparation & service support: Assist with basic food preparation (e.g., washing, peeling, chopping), serving, replenishing counters, and safe hot/cold holding during service.
* Dishwashing/pot washing: Collect, wash, sanitise and store crockery, cutlery, utensils, pots and pans. Ensure constant availability during service.
* Cleaning & hygiene: Sweep/mop floors; clean/sanitise prep areas, sinks, equipment, fridges/freezers; complete daily/weekly deep cleans to schedule.
* Deliveries & storage: Receive, check, date‑label and store deliveries; maintain first-in-first out (FIFO) stock rotation and correct temperature controls.
* Allergen controls: Follow the canteen's allergen procedures and ensure accurate written allergen information is available at point of presentation/sale for all non‑prepacked items.
* Waste & recycling: Segregate, remove, and store waste safely; maintain clean bin yards and back‑of‑house areas.
* Records & checks: Complete HACCP-related checks and logs (temps, cleaning, deliveries, corrective actions) as directed.
* Teamwork & safety: Use chemicals safely as trained; escalate maintenance issues; support broader catering tasks as needed.
Essential requirements
* HACCP / Food Safety Training: Minimum: FSAI-aligned Food Safety training appropriate to duties (e.g., Level 1 within the first month; Level 2 if preparing/handling high‑risk foods).
* Practical kitchen experience in a canteen, café, hospitality, healthcare or similar back‑of‑house environment.
* Allergen awareness and ability to follow written allergen procedures for non‑prepacked food.
* Strong hygiene standards, attention to detail, and ability to work safely to SOPs/HACCP checks.
* Physical capability to stand for shifts, lift/move items, and handle a fast-paced service.
Desirable: Manual Handling certificate; Basic First Aid; experience with temperature monitoring systems.
What we offer
* Training & refreshers: Ongoing FSAI-aligned food safety/HACCP refreshers (and allergen updates)
* Hours: 27 hours per week
* Progression: Opportunities to develop into catering/chef roles.
We operate a documented Food Safety Management System based on HACCP and maintain written allergen information for all non‑prepacked foods served. Successful candidates must complete induction training and participate in routine HACCP checks/records.
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: €13.50 per hour
Expected hours: 27 per week
Application question(s):
* Do you hold FSAI-aligned Food Safety/HACCP training? If yes, when was it completed?
* Do you have previous catering experience?
Work Location: In person