Food and Beverage Assistant

University of Cambridge - Trinity Hall

Location:CambridgeSalary:£27,375 pa plus pension and benefitsHours:Full TimeContract Type:PermanentPlaced On:30th January 2026Closes:20th February 2026

CONTRACT

Permanent, Full-Time (37.5hrs per week)

INTERVIEW

To be arranged directly with candidate

Join our professional, busy and friendly team at Trinity Hall.

You are an enthusiastic and motivated individual who wants to join our excellent front of house team. You will be passionate and committed to delivering a high level of service to our College members as well as external clients. You will have a good level of personal awareness and be able to build and maintain relationships with clients, young people and colleagues alike.

Experience: in hospitality and/or college environment is an advantage, though not essential.

References: good previous work references are essential.

Uniform: provided including a waistcoat and a tie initially, plus an annual uniform allowance is awarded after passing probation

Working hours: 75hrs over 2 weeks including split shifts, evenings and weekends. One fixed day off during the week and alternate weekends off.

*Interviews and selection may proceed before closing date should some applicants prove to fulfil job criteria.*

Duties

• Ensuring all food and drinks are served to highest standards in the cafeteria, for fine dining, commercial and formal college events
• Ensuring customer satisfaction and delivery of functions and daily events
• Assisting with cafeteria dining
• Keeping the Buttery organised

Further details about this position can be found in the further particulars.

Employees' Benefits

• 25 days plus bank holidays annual entitlement (pro-rata for Part-time position)
• Extra day's holiday every two years, up to a maximum of 30 days holiday in total
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Meal on duty if available
• Group Life Insurance Cover (also known as 'Death in Service' benefit), it pays out a lump sum of two times' annual salary to the family or next of kin for an employee in the event of their death while employed by the College.
• Help@Hand from Unum provide employees, their partner and children with unlimited access to a UK based Remote GP (24/7, 365 days a year), Medical Second opinion, Mental Health Support, Physiotherapy, and much more.
• Uniform provided when required for the role
• Training and development opportunities
• Medicash health plan (after 3 months of employment)
• Annual bonus scheme (varies and subject to end of year financial results)
• Recruitment incentive (1.5% of the starting salary of your referral)
• Social activities (e.g., end of year celebrations, garden parties, away days, etc.)
• Long Service Awards (gifts from 10 to 40 years of service)

How To Apply

To apply, you are required to register for each individual vacancy. In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy, Data protection resources section of the website.

Contact

For general enquiries about working at Trinity Hall please call the HR Team on 01223 764660 or email jobs@trinhall.cam.ac.uk.