Kitchen Porter - Ferndown, Dorset 

We are recruiting a Kitchen Porter on a Full-Time, Permanent basis, working 38 hours a week including alternate weekends.

Pay Rate up to £11.44 per hour.

Haskins Garden Centres

Haskins is a family owned, award winning business with 5 destination garden centres across the South of England, each with a large restaurant.

We constantly strive to improve the service and experience we offer our customers, that’s why the recruitment of our people is so important to us. If you are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, have a sense of humour and an eagerness to learn, we want you to join our friendly, happy team. 

The role of Kitchen Porter

• To provide assistance within the kitchen, ensuring all policies and procedures are being followed correctly and maintain a high level of cleanliness throughout the kitchen and pot wash areas. 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Washing up and general housekeeping duties
• Excepting deliveries and storing them away properly
• General responsibility of clean storage areas
• Completion of cleaning schedules
• Disposal of waste and recycling

About You

This role is well suited to a self-motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking individual with excellent customer service skills and a desire to learn. 

You must be able to work on your own initiative, sometimes under pressure, in a fast-moving environment. You will need be able to communicate well and work as part of a large team.

In return we provide: 

• Generous Company Discount scheme.
• Retail discounts, saving money on day-to-day spending, days out, and gifts.
• Cycle Scheme, helping spread the cost of a bike and saving on tax.
• Health Cash Plan, for a small monthly contribution access a 24-hour online GP service recover costs for dental and optical appointments and more.
• Time off to support local charities, with an annual paid
• Charity Day
• Wellbeing support with Mental Health
• First Aiders and external Assistance Program providing free counselling and advice for you and your family.
• Company pension scheme for eligible employees
• Free on-site parking
• Up to 38 days of Holiday (pro-rata)
• Uniform provided