March – September 2018

We are Chester Zoo, and for over 80 years we’ve been a leading conservation and education charity, and an amazing, award-winning visitor attraction.

We’re also a team of passionate, talented, enthusiastic and expert people, doing everything we can to keep the zoo going, from feeding the animals to discovering new conservation ideas, and giving our 1.9 million visitors an inspirational day out.

We work hard because we love animals, we care about nature, we love Chester Zoo and we want to be the best zoo in the world!

If you think you can help us to achieve that, then we’d love to hear from you.

We currently have a number of exciting vacancies within our Food & Beverage team on a seasonal basis.

The Role:

Food & Beverage at the zoo includes fast food restaurants, coffee shops, kiosks, a warehouse, a picnic parlour and a 450 seat street kitchen serving Indonesian inspired food. We are looking for candidates who are dynamic to work across these units. The roles include customer service, waiting on, food & drinks preparation, cash handling and cleaning.

The ideal candidates will:

• be passionate about excellent customer service and be a strong communicator
• be confident, flexible and approachable with a “can do” attitude

Experience of working within a fast paced Food & Beverage environment, as well as experience of cash handling and using EPOS systems would be advantageous.

Flexibility in these roles is key, therefore candidates must have the following availability:

• able to work up to 5 days out of 7 including weekends and Bank Holidays, or
• able to work weekends (including Bank Holidays) and School Holidays

Contracts will be offered on a minimum 8 hour per week basis depending on availability, but hours of work may be significantly more during busy periods.

We are pleased to confirm that we will be offering higher than the National Living Wage regardless of age, the rate of pay for this role will be £7.90 per hour.

In addition we offer a range of amazing benefits which can be found at http://www.chesterzoo.org/footer/careers/working-at-chester-zoo.

To apply for our Seasonal Food & Beverage Assistant position, please provide your current CV and complete the application form. On page 2 of the application form please clearly state what days you are available to work during term time and school holidays.

Closing date for applications is Sunday 4th February 2018.

If successfully shortlisted, you will need to be available to attend an assessment centre either w/c 5th February or 12th February, with the positions due to start on Saturday 10th March.

Candidates must be aged 16 or over and have completed their Year 11 studies.