The Pavilion Cafe jobs

Position: Soft Play and Food & Beverage Assistant

Location: The Pavilion Leisure Centre

Salary: £26,540.80p.a (pro rata)

Job Type: Permanent 32 hours per week

Closing Date: 30th June 2026

Do you enjoy working with children and delivering great customer service in a fun, fast-paced environment?

If so, we’re looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, and reliable individual to join our team as a Soft Play and Food & Beverage Assistant. This role is key to creating a safe, clean, and enjoyable experience for all our customers across soft play, café, parties, and events.

You’ll be delivering excellent front-of-house service, supporting food and beverage operations, supervising children in the soft play area, and helping to ensure every visit is memorable for our customers.

Benefits

In return, you’ll get to work for a great company with like-minded people and a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• Free access to Mytime Leisure & Golf for you and if you work more than 16 hours per week, you are eligible for a plus 1 membership (worth up to £1,000 each year!)
• 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays), plus additional leave with length of service
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 25% off food and beverage and free hot drinks
• NEST pension
• Early Pay – withdraw part of your salary in advance of payday
• New Employee Referral Bonus
• Exceptional achievement award scheme
• Discounts, eVouchers & salary sacrifice schemes via our Employee Benefits Platform

Key Duties:

• Greet and serve customers professionally, delivering friendly front-of-house service across café, soft play, parties, and events
• Assist with preparation, cooking, serving, and presentation of food and beverages
• Operate booking systems, tills, and card payment transactions
• Promote food, drink, and activity offers
• Supervise children in the soft play area to ensure safety and positive behaviour
• Support the delivery of children’s parties, day camps, and events
• Maintain a clean, safe, and well-presented soft play area and café environment
• Follow food hygiene, health & safety, safeguarding, and company procedures
• Complete cleaning, maintenance, opening/closing, and compliance checks
• Support stock control, deliveries, vending machines, and minimise wastage
• Work closely with supervisors and managers to deliver high standards across the centre

Role Requirements:

Essential:

• Previous customer service or catering experience
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Ability to multitask in a busy environment
• Comfortable working with children and ensuring their safety
• Food Hygiene Level 2
• Safeguarding & First Aid qualification

Desirable:

• Experience in leisure, hospitality, or childcare
• Ability to stay calm, focused, and patient in a high-energy setting
• Good numeracy and basic IT skills

Interested? Here's a little ore about us

We are an independent social enterprise on a mission to improve wellbeing through our range of accessible services.

These include golf, swimming, gyms, bowling, and social and health programmes at 20 locations across Bromley, the Midlands, and Hampshire.

We reinvest our profits into the long-term wellbeing of our local communities and our staff to ensure we deliver the best service possible. To date, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people live happier and healthier lifestyles—and you can be part of giving back to the community.

All offers of employment are conditional upon:

• Satisfactory health clearance
• Two satisfactory references
• Proof of attainment of qualifications
• Evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, where required

Mytime Active applies its Equal Opportunities Policy at all stages of recruitment and selection.

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