Kitchen Assistant

Contract: Full-time Permanent

Working Hours: 40 hours per week

Hourly rate: £12.86 per hour

Staff Benefits:

• Working for an award-winning organisation that values creativity
• ‘Getting to know the MAC’ tickets – your path to becoming an insider
• 35% staff discount in our CaféBar
• Membership of Lena by Inspire employee assistance programme
• Employer pension contributions
• Free Flu jab

Main Purpose of the Job

The Kitchen Assistant’s main purpose is to assist the Head Chef in the daily running of the kitchen, in the assigned section, to the highest possible standards of hygiene and food service. As Kitchen Assistant you will carry out basic cleaning tasks as fast as possible. Collecting and washing up pots and pans. Cleaning crockery & cutlery and assisting with food preparation.

We are looking for someone who is positive, who enjoys the fast pace of the kitchen and can consistently work under pressure. Finally, you will be passionate about the MAC and will enthusiastically embrace all elements of its unique organisational culture. Successful candidates will need to display excellent communication skills, be professional, well-presented and able to communicate clearly with people at all levels.

The MAC is open six days a week, with the kitchen mainly from 8am–4pm, although some evening work is required for events. You will work five days out of seven on a rota basis.

This role also offers training and development opportunities, with the potential to work towards chef qualifications.

Essential Criteria

• Previous experience in a kitchen or catering role is desirable but not essential.
• Food hygiene training/certificate (Level 2) is an advantage.

Thank you for your interest in this role. For further details please download an application pack below.

• Download Job Description and Specification
• Download Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
  
  

To Apply:

Please read the information in the job description and send an email to [email protected] with the following attachments in Word or PDF format only (we cannot accept links to online CVs, profiles, document downloads or psd files etc): 

• Your CV, no more than 2 A4 pages long, including your name, home address, email, and contact number. Please include the names, addresses, email, phone number and occupations of two people, not related to you, to whom references may be obtained. One of your referees must be your current or most recent employer.

• A completed equal opportunity monitoring form.  

The closing date for receipt of applications for the above post is 12 noon on Tuesday 7 October 2025 and should be emailed to [email protected] or alternatively post your application to the HR Manager, The MAC, 10 Exchange Street West, Belfast, BT1 2NJ.

Please note that we are unable to consider any applications which are received after the deadline. If you have not heard from us by Monday 13 October 2025, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Interviews for this post will take place on W/C 13 October 2025, if you cannot make an offered interview time, we may not be able to give you an alternative.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We particularly welcome applications from Black and Global Majority, disabled and LGBTQI+ candidates who are under-represented across the sector.