About the Role
Provide professional support to customers in the restaurant and work closely with the Restaurant Manager to help the business succeed.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring all customers are greeted and offered assistance
- Handling customer queries courteously and efficiently
- Identifying customer needs through interaction, and taking appropriate action
- Establishing and maintaining excellent standards of hygiene and housekeeping in accordance with company guidelines
Requirements
- Good friendly manner
- Good interpersonal skills
- Willing to learn
Work Type
- Full-time
Benefits
- Employee Discount – 50% in Restaurants and 20% in Garden Centre on joining, increasing to 25% after 2 years’ service and 30% after 5 years’ service.
- Holiday (including bank holidays) – 5.6 weeks on joining increasing to 6.2 week after 2 years’ service and 6.6 weeks after 5 years’ service.
- Non-contractual bonus at Christmas, based on the profit of the company.
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan
- One day holiday (pro-rata) added for 100% attendance for a full financial year after one year's service.
- Made A Difference Scheme (M.A.D) – Reward scheme for outstanding customer service.
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Birthday – Leave work early on contracted day if birthday falls on it (after 6 months service). Receive a £25 Squires gift voucher (after 2 years service).
- Cycle2work scheme (after 1 year's service)
- Child's first day at school – Come in late and go home early on your child's first day of school life (after 1 year's service).
- RHS Membership or a Tree / Shrub – Choose either one tree or shrub up to the value of £50 retail or £50 towards RHS annual membership (after 1 year's service).
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – Access to wellbeing resources (after 2 years service).
- Retirement – Contracted hours reduced by a fifth with pay remaining the same for the final 3 months (after 15 years service).
- Free Parking
About the Company
- Squire’s is a family-owned group of 17 garden centres based in Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, and Berkshire.
- Since 1936 the purpose of our business has been the happiness of those who work in it.
- We are committed to growing our business and to promoting the highest standards in horticulture, catering, and retail.
- We want our staff to enjoy working with us in a friendly, energetic customer focused environment.
