Food and Beverage Assistant

Job Title: Food and Beverage Assistant
Pay Rate: £12.60 per hour
Hours: 12 hours per week - Over a two-day period (Monday & Tuesday) and with additional availability preferred.
Location: Hurst Place, Haywards Heath

About Us:
Come and join our fun, friendly team at Hurst Place! We’re all about creating great dining experiences and making sure our customers have a fantastic time. If you're passionate about food, drinks, and customer service, we’d love to have you on board!

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Making sure food and drinks are served safely and to a high standard
• Keeping the bar and dining areas clean and organised
• Ensuring customers have a great experience every time they visit
• Providing top-notch customer service
• Reporting any concerns or issues as needed
• You’ll need to be able to commute to Hurst Place in Haywards Heath

What We’re Looking For:

• A friendly, outgoing personality
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work well in a team and on your own
• Able to handle busy, fast-paced shifts
• Strong time management and prioritisation skills
• Great people skills and a positive attitude
• Flexibility and willingness to adapt when needed

What You’ll Need:

• Experience in hospitality or the service industry
• Experience serving food and drinks
• A track record of providing excellent customer service
• Comfortable using EPOS systems and handling cash
• Experience with stocking, washing up, and assisting with events

If you’re enthusiastic, love working with people, and have experience in hospitality, we’d love to hear from you!

Anchor – a great place to work

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

A rewarding environment

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

Health & happiness

• Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
• Mental health support
• Flexible working options

Finance

• Pension plan – contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
• Quick and easy pension transfer service
• Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

Career

• Ongoing personal and professional development programme
• Leadership Pathways online learning resources
• Career progression and promotion opportunities

To see our full range of benefits, check out our dedicated rewards website  

Celebrating diversity, celebrating you

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.  

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members.  We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a member of Inclusive Employers, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant and HouseProud Pledge schemes.