For informal enquiries, please contact Daniela Pardal (Recruitment Consultant) [email protected]

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

Join Our Team as a Kitchen Porter!

Location: Warwick Food Group

Hours: Shifts between 7 AM and 7PM, including occasional weekends

There are 2 positions available, please clearly state in your cover letter which role you are applying for.

1 x 21 hours per week/0.5924 FTE - 30 weeks per year

1 x 17.5 hours per week/0.3240 FTE -30 weeks per year

Perks: A hands-on role where you help keep everything running smoothly behind the scenes.

Are you hardworking, reliable, and ready to play a key part in delivering great food and experiences? We’re looking for an enthusiastic Kitchen Porter to join our fantastic team and help keep our operations clean, safe, and efficient for everyone.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Keeping It Clean:
Helping our kitchens and service areas shine by washing up, clearing tables, and ensuring spaces are spotless and welcoming for guests.

Being the Backbone of the Kitchen:
Supporting chefs and front-of-house teams by operating dishwashers, handling deliveries, and keeping supplies in the right place.

Team Spirit:
Working alongside a friendly team, helping each other to get the job done and make every shift a success.

Doing It Right:
Following safety and hygiene procedures carefully to protect our guests and colleagues—and keeping everything running like clockwork.

Taking Pride in the Details:
Making sure even the small tasks—like emptying bins or replenishing displays—are done to a high standard, every time.

What We’re Looking For:

• A positive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn.
• Great attention to detail and the ability to follow instructions.
• Physical stamina to be on your feet and lift, carry, or mop when needed.
• Enjoys working as part of a busy team.
• Flexible approach to shifts and locations.

Experience isn’t essential—we’ll provide all the training you need to succeed.

Ready to Roll Up Your Sleeves?

If you're looking for a practical, hands-on role where you can take pride in your work and be part of a great team, apply now to join Warwick Food Group as a Kitchen Porter. Let’s make every service a success—together.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

Why Work With Us?

• Be part of a friendly, supportive team where your hard work really matters.
• Play a crucial role in creating a clean, safe space for students and guests.
• Learn useful, transferable skills for hospitality and beyond.
• Know you’re contributing to a service that gives back to the University community.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.

Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS)

The University of Warwick is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we work with.

In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehabilitation of Ex-Offenders

The University undertakes not to discriminate against anyone who makes a disclosure relating to a conviction. The information disclosed at application stage is only visible to the central DBS team (i.e. not recruiting managers) to ensure there is no bias during the shortlisting process.