General Assistant

Job Title: General Assistant

Date Posted: 2026-09-20

Location: East Midlands, GB, NG32 3JE

Application Deadline: 2026-10-20T04:45:25.953

Company Description

Title: General Assistant

Location: Sports Direct Shirebrook

Salary: £12.21

• Bespoke training and development opportunities


• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels


• Pension and life insurance


• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema


• Access to employee assistance programme


• Cycle to work scheme


• Benefits include:




• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays


• Plus your birthday off


• 3 volunteering days


• 3 days grandparent leave


• 24 weeks' enhanced maternity leave


• Secondary carer leave


• Wedding/commitment day leave


• Free meals on shift

Job Description

• Service: Serve food and beverages to guests in a friendly and professional manner. Ensure that guests' needs and requests are efficiently and effectively addressed.


• Customer Service: Provide excellent service by being attentive to guests' needs at every point on their customer journey. Answer questions and address any concerns or issues in a friendly manner.


• Teamwork: Collaborate with all colleagues to ensure the smooth flow of operations and support and contribute to creating an inclusive and safe working environment.


• Adherence to Regulations: Comply with health and safety regulations, as well as any specific food service or catering guidelines established on location.


• Cleanliness: Maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards in the kitchen and dining areas.

Qualifications

• Have a contagious passion for food and/or customer service.


• You draw satisfaction from working within a collaborative and inclusive team environment.


• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective.


• Previous experience in a similar role, especially in the food service industry, is often a plus.


• Some knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices.


• Works according to the BaxterStorey core values.

Additional Information

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that's an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve. We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of. Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team's careers. 'Better' is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us. Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values

• ALWAYS VISIONARY: We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.


• Wholeheartedly Positive: We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.


• CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE: We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.


• FOREVER CONSCIOUS: We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to 'set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality'.

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requests are efficiently and effectively addressed Customer Service - provide excellent service by being attentive to guests' needs at every point on their customer journey. Answering questions and addressing any concerns or issues in a friendly manner Teamwork - collaborate with all colleagues to ensure the smooth flow of operations and support and contribute to creating an inclusive and safe working environment Adherence to Regulations - comply with health and safety regulations, as well as any specific food service or catering guidelines established on location Cleanliness - maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards in the kitchen and dining areas Qualifications Have a contagious passion for food and/or customer service You draw satisfaction from working within a collaborative and inclusive team environment Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective Previous experience in a similar role, especially in the food service industry, is
often a plus Some knowledge of food safety and sanitation practices Works according to the BaxterStorey core values Additional Information For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that's an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve. We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of. Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team's careers. 'Better' is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us. Join us, and be part of the food revolution! BaxterStorey Values ALWAYS VISIONARY We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way,
blazing our own trail. Wholeheartedly Positive We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people. CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better. FOREVER CONSCIOUS We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities. We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds. BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel
respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to 'set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality'. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Company Description Title: General Assistant Location: Sports direct Shirebrook Salary: £12.21 Bespoke training and development opportunities Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels Pension and life insurance Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema Access to employee assistance programme Cycle to work scheme Benefits 28 Days holiday including bank holidays Plus your birthday off 3 volunteering days 3 days grandparent leave 24 week's enhanced maternity leave Secondary carer leave Wedding/commitment day leave Free meals on shift Bespoke training and development opportunities Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels Pension and life insurance Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema Wellbeing hub Access to employee assistance programme Cycle to work scheme Job Description Service - serve food and beverages to guests in a friendly and professional manner. Ensure that guests' needs and