Catering Team Members

While this role primarily focuses on the catering aspects of our hostel, you may also be called upon to assist in other hostel departments. We are a friendly team and will provide the training required for you to undertake the role. However, there is plenty for you to get stuck into from day one, including:

• Ensuring adherence to food hygiene standards in food storage, preparation, and delivery.
• Upholding health and safety regulations, ensuring timely and accurate completion of kitchen checks.
• Taking pride in the preparation, presentation, and service of high-quality food.
• Recording food wastage in accordance with your hostel's procedures, focussing on minimizing waste to maximize profit.
• Assisting in the preparation of food and serving food and drinks with genuine warmth, hospitality, and pride that will influence in more sales.
  
  To provide this service to our guests we are looking for the following qualities in our Catering Team Members:
• Experience of working face to face with customers
• Experience of working in hospitality or customer service (desirable)
• Food Safety Level 2 Certificate (desirable) - otherwise will be required to complete within hostel
• Experience of working in a team - can help others to achieve a common goal
• Excellent timekeeping, with flexibility to cover different shifts - punctual, can work to deadlines
• Ability to manage varying pressures, include peaks in workload demands - can prioritise, able to deal with conflicting duties
• Basic IT skills (ideally Microsoft Office) - able to use Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel
• Knowledge and understanding of the core purpose of YHA - what YHA does and how we do it
• Demonstration of our HEART values - they're part of everything we do, and we look for team members who bring them to life in their everyday work
  
  YHA is a social enterprise with a mission to enrich the lives of all, especially young people. YHA does this by providing brilliant hostel stays and experiences that improve physical health, mental wellbeing and life skills.
  
  Seasonal, flexible contract - May to October 2026
Minimum 25 hours per week £12.71 per hour (applies to all, including those under the age of 21) Staff accommodation is available at a rate of £74.62 per week Are you looking for a fun and varied job in hospitality? YHA Swanage are looking for a Catering Team Member to join their team! YHA Swanage is a sea-facing Victorian villa, situated five minutes' walk from the award-winning beach of Swanage - the only Blue Flag beach along the entire Dorset Jurassic coast. The hostel is very popular for groups, families and solo travelers to discover the Isle of Purbeck and coastline. As a Catering Team Member, you'll play a key role in making our guests' experiences memorable. Your efforts will be at the core of our mission to provide exceptional hospitality. Why work for YHA? Join our team and enjoy a range of exclusive staff benefits that support your well-being and career growth:
• 10 nights free hostel stays per year for you and up to 3 friends or family
• Access to YHA's staff discount and cash back portal
• Free YHA Membership each year
• Access to support via our Employee Assistance Program
There are many more benefits to working for YHA so please visit our YHA Jobs website for more information.