This role is eligible for the Campus Services New Starter Bonus* (£1,000) and Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus. 

About the role

Ready to level up your chef career? Join our kitchen team and work across a range of exciting outlets, from global street food to fine dining (definitely not school dinners).

What you'll do

• Support the kitchen team to deliver high-quality, delicious food
• Work in a fast-paced, professional environment
• Maintain excellent standards of cleanliness, food safety, and hygiene
• Learn, develop, and grow alongside experienced chefs

This is a full-time role (36.5 hours per week on a 5/7 contract) with early, mid, and late shifts (7:30am–8:30pm), including weekend work, based at a world-class university.

About you

You’re passionate, motivated, and ready to grow as a chef in a busy, rewarding kitchen.

• A real passion for cooking great food, with previous junior chef experience ideal but not essential
• An NVQ in Food Preparation is a bonus, with full training provided for the right candidate
• Someone who thrives under pressure and enjoys a varied, fast-paced environment
• A positive attitude with strong teamwork skills — personality matters just as much as ability
• Eagerness to learn, develop, and be part of a supportive, hardworking team

Further information:

This role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis, working 36.5 hours per week.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jane Hately, Recruitment and Staff Engagement Coordinator on jh3809@bath.ac.uk,however please ensure that you submit your application through the university website.

Campus Services New Starter bonus*. In addition to the great benefits Campus Services’ offers, we can offer you a £1,000 bonus. This is payable the month after successfully passing your six months’ probation. Please note this bonus is pro rata for part time roles.

This role is also eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus*. If a university staff member has ‘referred’ you to apply for this vacancy they may be eligible for a bonus. Please ensure when applying, that you select ‘4a. Referred by current member of staff’ or note their name when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?'. The referrer must be noted at time of application to be considered.

*Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace 
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

 

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Further details:

• Job Description & Person Specification