Kitchen Assistant (Part time)

Queensmount Care Home, 18 Queens Park West Drive, Bournemouth BH8 9DA

£13.10 - £14.10

20 hour Contract

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

Acting as the link between the main kitchen and our residents

Assisting the chefs to plate meals, prepare food trolleys and ensure all preparation areas are kept clean and tidy

Monitoring stock rotation, complying to company policies and procedures following all mandatory COSHH and HACPP guidelines

Assisting with catering for special events such as summer BBQs and Christmas parties

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

A passion for food with previous experience working in a kitchen and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. You want to deliver an excellent service at each meal and make our residents feel at home. You’ll understand the importance of maintaining high standards in and around the home, ensuring our residents enjoy a pleasant dining experience. Working with the wider kitchen and care home teams - you’re comfortable communicating with others, cherishing the little moments with our residents.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support

Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes

28 days holiday

We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

Free meal on every shift

Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets

We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site

Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site

Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health

Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. 

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations:

Queensmount

About the Role

As a vehicle technician at U-Drive, you’ll be based at our Poole workshop, helping to keep our mixed fleet of 4000 vehicles on the road. These vehicles range from small cars through to light commercial vehicles meaning that no two days will be the same. You'll be working a 42-hour week on a Monday-Friday rota.

Core Responsibilities

• Undertake pre-planned vehicle maintenance on both customer and U-Drive vehicles
• Perform test drives, inspections, and other diagnostic tests on vehicles to identify where problems exist and determine which parts need to be repaired or replaced
• Complete preventative maintenance on vehicles including oil changes and replacing brakes
• Generate timelines and estimates on repairs, discussing options with customers
• Maintain accurate records relating to customers, their vehicles, parts, and service history
• Use workshop equipment as instructed, performing regular maintenance and repairs when required
• Any other duties as required

Requirements

About You

Successful candidates should demonstrate the following skills and competencies:

• Full UK Driving License
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and manage time effectively
• Positive “Can Do” attitude
• Respectable presentation at all times
• Excellent communication skills with colleagues and customers
• Level 3 Light Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

Benefits

About Us

U-Drive are an established family-owned vehicle rental company with a 43-year legacy, operating over 4,000 vehicles across daily rental, contract hire and leasing fleet in the UK. Our commitment to excellent service extends to both business customers, and private hirers. With strong core values stemming from integrity, responsibility and respect, our collective team pull together to deliver ‘exceptional’ to our customer base time, and time again.

What we Offer

• 30 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Employee discount on U-Drive rental vehicles, including discounts for friends and families
• Employee Discount Program offering savings on over 3,000 retailers
• Employee Assistance Program in partnership with Health Assured
• Company-sponsored training and development opportunities
• Free yearly MOT, on-site parking where available, mobile phone

​Apply now and let our Recruitment Team reach out to discuss your application. We're committed to a policy of equal opportunity, ensuring that everyone has a chance to shine at U-Drive!

To ensure the implementation of the Company’s policies and procedures in respect of a predetermined region of company owned stations. 

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensuring that all stations are operated in accordance with the Company’s Health & Safety policies to create a safe environment for staff and customers.
• To collate, investigate and communicate any incident information in line with internal procedures.
• Managing communications in line with company policy
• Ensuring the security of company property.
• Conducting monthly fuel audits at each station to ensure the correct payments of monies and security of the Company’s fuel stocks.
• To regularly review the Shop, Forecourt and Food Services at each station to ensure they are operating in line with the Company’s policies and procedures, and to their maximum potential and flag any issues with appropriate management as required.
• Ensuring each station is applying the correct fuel retail prices as instructed from time to time so as to maximise fuel profit margins.
• To select, submit for finance approval, train and, where necessary, serve notice to, Contract Managers
• Monitoring training compliance across the estate, to include all stakeholders.
• Liaising with the nominated shop supplier to ensure effective, and correctly merchandised, promotional activity within the shop and forecourt to maximise sales and increase customer base.
• Liaising with the Area Manager for the nominated shop supplier to monitor and review the product range at each station with a view to increasing turnover and profitability.
• To build relationships with the company’s nominated direct supply partners and ensure that products are merchandised and promoted effectively with each station, and availability is maintained in order to maximise sales.
• Maintaining compliance with planograms and range as agreed with the company’s nominated suppliers to protect company income.
• Liaising with representatives of the company’s fuel supply partners in order to maintain brand standards and effectively promote the relevant loyalty schemes operated by each fuel supplier.
• Ensuring the proper management of promotions and correct merchandising of displays, to include Third party agreed fuel promotions.
• To monitor and review Company expenditure for each relevant station and area, to ensure the accurate recording of information and to identify areas of improvement.
• Ensuring that each Contract Manager operates within the terms of the Contract Manager Agreement and appropriate associated agreements.
• Handling complaints from customers and ensure satisfactory follow up with the customer and any necessary re-training requirements are completed.
• Liaising with outside contractors to establish and manage all maintenance issues as well as monitoring all equipment downtime.
• Maintaining company income and expenditure to agreed budget targets.
• To support and carry out duties as instructed from time to time from the relevant line manager(s). 

DIMENSIONS

Financial

Each ARM is responsible for the overall profitability of between 16 and 22 company owned stations with total sums per annum in relevant magnitudes as follows:

Operating costs: between £2.2m and £4.2m

Shop income: between £250k and £700k 

Fuel income: between £4.5m and £10.0m

Fuel volume: between 42m and 150m litres

Other

This is a field-based position, where the ARM operates a given area which may be subject to change. Duties may require nights away from home to carry out area duties and attend meetings.

ARM’s are required to communicate with nominated suppliers and various third parties as and when required.

WORK CONTEXT

Operating Environment

Petrol stations operating in a highly competitive ‘price driven’ market dominated by the supermarkets and major oil companies.

Framework & Boundaries

Ensure all Contract Managers have relevant and valid agreements in place.

Ensure all Contract Managers complete all required duties within the stated timescales and submit returns promptly and accurately.

Organisation

To ensure Contract Managers operate within the terms of the Contract Manager Agreement and associated agreements.

COMMUNICATIONS

Contract Managers

Give guidance and motivate Contract Managers through the use of station reviews and audits to enable them to promote a successful business. To carry out subsequent visits as and when necessary to monitor progress.

Superiors

Have daily contact by phone and email, regular joint area visits and monthly one to one meetings with the Regional Manager. Contact the Regional Manager at any time for advice on any day to day operational and other issues.

Other Contacts

Within the Company:

• Liaise with all relevant head office departments as and when necessary in order to resolve any operational or other issues.

Outside the Company:

• Liaise with MFG’s retail suppliers and partners to develop and establish the joint business plans and deliver brand standards.
• To liaise with fuel suppliers and ensure delivery procedures are adhered to.
• To liaise with Petroleum Officers, Environmental Health Officers, Fairbanks, Licensing and other officials where necessary.
• To visit competitors to keep abreast of their activity.

COMPLEXITY

• To operate effectively and efficiently to achieve given objectives within given time deadlines.
• To have competent, well trained Contract Managers and staff in all stations paying the appropriate charges.
• To have a positive productive relationship with all relevant Contract Managers and station staff.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED

• A proven track record in the forecourt and/or retail sector, ideally experience of a contract management/franchise business model.
• High self-motivation and discipline with ability to work demanding hours and prioritise duties.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Good people skills with the ability to build effective relationships, inspire, motivate and lead.
• A good level of numeracy and attention to detail.
• Good financial awareness.
• Good competitor/ market awareness.
• Willingness to learn and take on additional responsibilities.
• Good team player.
• Mileage likely to exceed 40,000 miles per year.

You'll be responsible for making empty properties look their best and ensuring they are fully cleaned and ready for new occupants.

The Role

You'll carry out comprehensive cleans of vacant residential properties, including:

• Kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and living spaces

• Cupboards, appliances and fitted units

• Doors, frames, blinds and other fixtures

• General dusting, wiping and sanitising

• Detailed cleaning of areas requiring extra attention

• Final checks to ensure the property is ready for handover

Why Join Us?

• Flexible part-time work

• Cleaning assignments available in your local area

• Most properties require between 4 and 8 hours of cleaning

• Weekday opportunities with regular weekend work

• Instructions and job details provided ahead of each booking

Rates & Extras

• £15 per hour

• £18 additional payment per completed job when you supply your own cleaning equipment and products

• Travel time paid where applicable

• Client parking expenses covered, except where the property only offers street parking

Experience & Requirements

We're looking for cleaners who:

• Have at least 2 years' end-of-tenancy cleaning experience

• Are confident working independently

• Take pride in delivering a consistently high standard

• Have their own cleaning equipment and products

• Have access to a reliable vehicle – public transport is not suitable

• Communicate clearly and professionally

• Are punctual, trustworthy and dependable

Your Role

• Conduct thorough end-of-tenancy cleans (excluding ceilings)

• Deep clean kitchens, bathrooms, and cupboards

• Sanitise all appliances (fridges, ovens, washers, dryers, dishwashers)

• Clean windows, doors, blinds, and frames

• Scrub, disinfect, and polish surfaces to a perfect finish

• Represent the company professionally in client homes

Work Schedule

• Flexible part-time work, with assignments typically lasting 4–8 hours

• Work is primarily available Monday to Friday, with regular weekend opportunities

• Jobs are offered as they become available in your area

• Please note that this is a part-time role and does not guarantee full-time hours

Pay & Benefits

• £15 per hour

• £18 payment per job for the use of your own equipment and cleaning supplies

• Paid travel time where applicable

• Client parking costs covered (except where only street parking is available)

• 2+ years’ experience in EOT cleaning

• Carpet cleaning experience is helpful

• Good understanding of cleaning products and safety

• Ability to follow instructions carefully

• Own cleaning equipment, supplies, and reliable transport

We're looking for people to help businesses upgrade their printing and document management solutions. You'll have the flexibility to work full-time, part-time, or simply take on opportunities as they arise—all while building a recurring income from the clients you win.

Why Sales Professionals Join Us

• 90% profit share on your first 3 equipment sales (75% thereafter)

• 50% recurring profit share on managed service agreements, paid monthly

• No limits on what you can earn

• Work remotely, on your own schedule

• Full support while remaining completely self-employed

Responsibilities

• Finding businesses that could benefit from better print solutions

• Meeting with decision-makers and understanding their needs

• Recommending printers, copiers, and managed print services

• Growing a portfolio of clients that generates ongoing monthly income

We are looking for an experienced Engineer to work as a member of the Mitie Fire & Security Systems Operations Field service team. You'll ensure effective delivery of PPM, Reactive calls and additional Small Works, ensuring compliance with all Legal and Regulatory requirements.

You'll be expected to carry out routine servicing, testing, inspection, repairs, and installation of Fire alarms, CCTV, Access control and Intruder alarm/associated equipment and products to the relevant legislative and qualitative standards, alongside appropriate documentation and records in a timely and appropriate manner. You should have excellent communication skills, alongside basic Microsoft Word and Excel literacy. 

You should be capable of working to high levels of Health and Safety Requirements and having previous experience in a similar role carrying out PPM, reactive calls and Small Works in the Fire & Security Systems industry. Service test and inspection experience to the relevant standards/codes are also expected including fault-finding techniques. You will also be expected to actively attend and participate in any company-initiated training to maintain an up to date knowledge of technical aspects of the role. 

The ideal candidate would have previous experience with PPM, Accident Reporting, or RAMS, alongside following Health and Safety Legislation, preferably in the engineering field. Sharing technical and problem-solving abilities and knowledge with colleagues alongside an ability to take initiative and work with little supervision is also ideal. 

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Benjamin Webber at .