We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink start with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we’ve been part of some of the UK’s most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life. 

Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you’ll feel right at home here. 

Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we’re looking for a Commercial Assistant to join our team.

Location: Southbank Centre, London 

Salary: £17.25 per hour

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week - 5 out of 7 days

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the onboarding of all new team members and to own the process from start to finish.
• Ensure that all rotas are completed in the required timeframe and staffed to the correct base/costed rotas at all times.
• Responsible for the completion of all timesheets to the required deadline and to highlight any issues to senior management.
• Ensure accurate records are kept for staff details, absence, timekeeping, holidays, and sickness.
• Support managers with covering administrative responsibilities to include holiday cover.
• Assist in any areas of the operations when circumstances dictate.
• Daily sales recording
• Liaising with suppliers
• Undertake any other reasonable tasks as required
• Understand and interpret the relevant financial control systems and use the information to measure performance and to achieve all financial targets working with senior management where necessary.
• Working with the Operations Manager, Financial Manager and General Manager to ensure the accurate processing of timesheets and to highlight any discrepancies to achieve the business performance of the units.

What's in it for you?  

Working with Company of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.  

• Personal Development and Training opportunities  
• Life assurance scheme  
• Pension scheme  
• Holiday allowance  
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance  
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion 
• Family friendly support  
• A holiday purchase scheme  
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders  
• Volunteering days  
• Recognition schemes and people award  
• Long service awards  
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers