STAFF VACANCY
STAFF VACANCY
Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the following posts:
CATERING SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Post A: Head Cook x 1 Post (Fixed Term Contract)
Qualifications and Experience
- 5 Ordinary level passes including English.
- A Diploma in Professional cookery.
- Higher National Diploma or a Degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management will be an added advantage.
- At least two (2) years proven history in Catering operations and supervision.
Desired Attributes
The position requires a person who possesses the following attributes:
- Strong leadership skills, flexibility and physical stamina.
- Ability to encourage a productive work environment through motivation.
- Good communication skills.
- Strong customer-service skills.
- Ability to courteously deal with patrons and put their wishes first
- Ability to constantly adapt to different working environments.
- Administrative ability and IT literacy
- Knowledge of relevant food safety regulations
Duties and responsibilities
- Taste all the dishes to ensure that all is in order before service.
- Allocate duties to staff to various serving points.
- Experiment with recipes and suggest new ingredients – menu balancing.
- Hand over and take over to the other supervisor.
- Stock control.
- Sales reconciliation
- Manage kitchen assets.
- Check all exit and entrance points before knocking off for the day.
- Interacting with clients.
- Preparing menus.
- Overseeing the presentation and serving of the food.
- Attending to customer inquiries.
- Ensuring that food service is provided to the customer’s satisfaction.
- Plan menus and order supplies.
- Ensure compliance with Health and Safety Regulations at the shop floor level
- Supervising staff and attending to employee issues.
Post B: Chef /Cook x 4 Post (Fixed Term Contract)
Qualifications and Experience
- 5 ordinary level passes including English.
- National Certificate in Professional cookery.
- Class one in the related trade.
- National Diploma in professional cookery will be an added advantage.
- At least (2) years proven history in Catering operations.
Desired Attributes
The position requires a person who possesses the following attributes
- Good communication skills.
- Must possess interpersonal skills and abilities.
- Must be a team player.
- Should be able to work under minimum supervision
- Strong customer-service skills.
- Ability to courteously deal with patrons and put their wishes first.
- Understanding food, kitchen and personal hygiene.
- Excellent organisational and time management.
Duties and responsibilities
- Prepare ingredients for the shift, wash vegetables, season meat etc.
- Prepare oven, utensils and grills for the shift.
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations
- Handling of multiple orders at one time.
- Ensure proper storage of food and detergents.
- Sanitize and clean workstations and utensils.
- Maintenance of reorder stock levels.
- Serving prepared food items at the serving point.
- Asset management.
- Control stock and minimise wastage.
- Check freshness of food before preparation.
- Coordination and control of stock movement during and after service time
- Tasting prepared food before service.
- Do all the requisitions of food and non-food items for the work station.
- Practice laid down hand over and take over procedures
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Post C: Waiter/Waitresses x 2 Post (Fixed Term Contract)
Qualifications and Experience
- 5 ordinary level passes
- At least two years proven history in the Catering field.
Desired Attributes
The position requires a person who possesses the following attributes
- Must possess interpersonal skills and abilities
- Must be a team player
- Accommodating customers’ desires
- Concentration on details
- Ability to take criticism
- Always be presentable
- Trustworthy
- Energetic and time couscous
- Self-motivated
- Be at your best all times
- Patience
- Good communication skills
Duties and responsibilities
- Provide the perfect service to every customer, (student, staff or guest)
- Ensure the customer feels important and welcome in the dining halls.
- Ensure hot food is hot and cold food is cold.
- Present menu, answer questions and make suggestions regarding food and other services.
- Serve all customers, i.e. students, staff and guests, in an accommodating manner.
- Maintain a clean and organised service area.
- Comply with health and hygienic policies and procedures.
- Practice laid down hand over and take over procedures.
- Lock all exit and entrance point before knock off time.
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Post D: Kitchen Porter X 2 Post (Fixed Term Contract)
Qualifications and Experience
- 3 ordinary level passes
- At least one year working experience in the related field will be an added advantage.
Desired Attributes
The position requires a person who possesses the following attributes
- Good communication skills
- Must possess interpersonal skills and abilities
- Must be a team player
- Accommodating guest requirements
- Self-driven
- Ability to take criticism
- Work under minimum supervision.
Duties and responsibilities
- Carry out basic cleaning tasks as fast as possible.
- Collect and wash pots and pans.
- Clean crockery and cutlery ensuring food preparation areas are clean and ready.
- Unload equipment and food items from delivery vehicles.
- Sweep and mop floors at the beginning and end of shifts.
- Be ready to clean up to avoid hindering operations.
- Take out garbage.
- Help with food preparation routines such as chopping and peeling vegetables and fruits when needed.
- Maintain the bin area.
- Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
*NB: Midlands State University is an equal opportunities employer. In the interest of promoting gender parity, female candidates are encouraged to apply.
APPLICATIONS
Applicants must submit copies of applications with the following: application letter, certified certificates and curriculum vitae giving full details of names, place and date of birth, experience, present salary, date of availability, contact telephone number (s) and names and email addresses of three referees to:
The Deputy Registrar (Human Resource)
Midlands State University
vacancies@staff.msu.ac.zw
Application documents must be in a single scan pdf format.
The closing date for this advert is 17 October 2023.
Applicants should clearly state the post being applied for in the subject line. It should also be noted that non-adherence to any of the above instructions will automatically cause the application to be disqualified.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be communicated to.
