Inhouse / Corporate Catering Assistant

About Clayton Utz

Clayton Utz is one of Australia’s oldest and largest independent commercial law firms, with a proud history and a forward-thinking approach. With offices in six cities and over 1,700 employees, we’re committed to excellence, innovation, and making a difference.

The Role

We have a rewarding opportunity for a proactive and service focussed professional to join our inhouse Catering team in Sydney. In this role, you will demonstrate excellence in client service in the delivery of all catering requirements, ensuring a seamless delivery of food & beverage service for meetings and both client and internal events. You will ensure the service expectations of internal and external clients consistently meet and exceed the recognised service level standard.

 

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, working 5 days per week Monday to Friday.  Standard hours will be 7.6 hours per day between core business hours of 7am and 6pm, although some flexibility to work after-hours for events will be required on occasion.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

In this role, you will be responsible for:

 

• Providing a high standard of food & beverage service, including the preparation of coffee and other hot beverages, and the responsible service of alcohol;
• Setting up and clearing for functions/meetings in a prompt, professional and friendly manner. This includes breakfasts, morning teas, lunches, afternoon teas, cocktail parties, dinners and VIP functions;
• Working the occasional morning and evening functions;
• Assisting in the inhouse café on as-needs basis;
• The opening and closing of the client floor, ensuring compliance with Operations procedures;
• Assist with the cleaning and restocking of the staff hubs;
• Other tasks as requested by the Front of House Team Leader.

 

Skills & Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have:

 

• Current Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) certificate
• 1-3 years' experience in a corporate hospitality environment (boardroom experience highly desirable);
• Barista / coffee-making skills are highly desirable;
• Exceptional customer service skills, demonstrated by a high degree of initiative and organisation;
• Well-presented with impeccable grooming standards;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• The ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within a team.

 

Why Join Clayton Utz?

 

At Clayton Utz, we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a community that values our people and their contributions.

 

When you join us, you’ll enjoy:

• Access to professional development programs and career growth opportunities.
• A focus on health and wellbeing, with initiatives to support your physical and mental health including lifestyle and gym membership discounts via our partnership with AIA Vitality.
• A collaborative and inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and fosters belonging.
• Up to 26 weeks’ paid parental leave, with flexibility over two years, plus paid superannuation.
• The option to purchase up to 4 weeks of additional leave annually.

How to Apply?

We prefer to work directly with candidates, if you are interested in this role, please click the ‘Apply’ button or contact the consultant, details below, for more information. Clayton Utz is an inclusive employer that supports flexible work arrangements, please feel free to discuss your flexibility needs with the recruiter for this role.

Consultant Contact Details

Nicole St John, (02) 9353 4928

Accessibility and Inclusion

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. Do you require any support or reasonable adjustments to complete your application? If so, please contact the recruiter via the above telephone number or via email to recruitmentsupport@claytonutz.com.

For more information on Clayton Utz, please visit www.claytonutz.com or follow us on LinkedIn here.

Agency submissions

Clayton Utz does not accept agency submissions unless the agency is specifically contacted by a member of the Clayton Utz Recruitment Team. Please do not forward candidate profiles or resumes to Clayton Utz partners, hiring managers or other employees - this will not constitute as an introduction to the firm and Clayton Utz will not be liable for a fee.