Hospitality Support Team Member - Travel, Food and Drink

Luminate Education Group, Leeds City College, Printworks Campus, Hunslet Road, Leeds, LS10 1JY

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 December 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Food technology
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,308 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Leeds City College are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Hospitality Support Team Member to join our Travel, Food and Drink department.

As part of our dynamic team, you will support the delivery of high-quality catering lessons and help create a positive, professional and inspiring learning environment for our students. Working closely with our chef tutors and hospitality staff, you will play a key role in ensuring lessons run smoothly, resources are well-organised, and students gain real-world experience in a supportive and engaging setting. A passion for hospitality, teamwork, and excellent customer service is essential, along with a genuine commitment to helping students succeed and enjoy their learning.

Please note: Applications will be reviewed as we receive them, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

What You Will Do

• Support staff by setting up class trolleys and teaching materials.
• Identify food products that need to be utilized to minimize waste, suggesting how these items can be used in classes or to produce goods for the student shop.
• Give technical and product assistance to learners and staff.
• Ensure all cleaning duties are completed to a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene within all kitchens, equipment and storage areas are cleaned and well maintained, and undertake planned deep clean activities as required.
• Ensure equipment and resources are maintained following safe working practices and manufacturer’s guidelines.
• Demonstration of safe working practice and procedures within curriculum area including wearing of correct PPE.
• Maintain records for chilled, ambient, and frozen goods within legal limits for safe delivery and that all required documents are completed for due diligence purposes.

About You

• Level 2 Maths & English or willingness to achieve.
• Experience of working within an educational catering environment.
• Experience in dealing with external customers and delivering exceptional customer service.
• Experience of providing effective hygiene support, monitoring food safety and due diligence systems.
• Experience of collating and processing orders and deliveries.
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to relate to all levels of staff, students, clients and stakeholders.

What the college offers its staff

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:

• Curriculum and Management:44 days plus bank holidays
• Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• People’s Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:

• Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
• Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives:

• Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting:

• Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for a job with us if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Luminate Education Group

• Organisation type: FE College, ages 14 to 99
• Education phase: Sixth form or FE college
• Size: No information available
• Age range: 14 to 99
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Luminate Education Group website
• Email address: careers@luminate.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leeds-city-college

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people's lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We are a group of seven organisations, based in the Leeds City Region: Harrogate College, Keighley College, Leeds City College, Leeds Conservatoire, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey Sixth Form College and University Centre Leeds. 

Together, we are inspiring a whole generation of people and new leaders who will go on to make their own impact on the region and beyond.

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