Catering and Office Assistant

Bath, England, United Kingdom

12/5/2024

Join our Bath Café and Facilities team to ensure smooth operations and high service standards at our Bath office. Responsibilities include office and meeting room catering, facilities and reception support, and general housekeeping, with some lifting involved. Working hours are 10:00 – 15:00 with a 30-minute lunch break, and occasional out-of-hours and weekend work may be required.

Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.

From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.

Your next role

Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.

• This is an extraordinary opportunity to contribute to our fantastic Business Support team.
• Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, strong learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.
• You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.
  
  
  

Key duties

• Assisting with food preparation and serving customers.
• Setting up and packing down meeting rooms.
• Maintaining and cleaning office tea points and coffee machines.
• Receiving and unpacking deliveries.
• Managing catering and stationery stock.
• Keeping kitchen and tea point areas tidy.
• Handling facilities and catering requests.
• Providing occasional reception cover.
• Escorting contractors and assisting with large deliveries.
• Reporting maintenance issues.
• Updating Health & Safety checklists and conducting inspections.
• Performing emergency light checks and water flushing.
• Completing other ad-hoc office tasks as needed.
  
  
  

Your Skills And Experience

• Hold a Level 2 in Food Hygiene (training can be provided)
• Have in depth knowledge of Food Safety, Allergens and Safety Regulations (training can be provided)
• Health & Safety Awareness (training can be provided)
• Fire Warden (training provided)
• First Aid officer (training provided)
• Positive mindset with excellent customer service skills.
• Professional, confident, and collaborative.
• Exceptional time management and organisational abilities.
• Adaptable and resilient to changing workloads and priorities.
• Prior office and facilities experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Work, Teams, SharePoint)
  
  
  

What We Offer You

Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies .

• Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
• Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
• A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
• Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
• A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
• An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
  
  
  

Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.

A place for everyone

Buro Happold values individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of the way you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.

Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.

We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.