Catering Manager

Job Description

Catering Manager

Pay:£15.50 per hour

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated Catering Manager to manage the catering service at Shaw Primary Academy, RM5 5QJ.

You will be joining an award-winning contract caterer with a reputation for innovation and a background built on strong ethics and an ongoing commitment to improving school meals.

You will manage and be part of a small team, and work closely with the school, ensuring that standards are achieved and maintained.

You will be confident in your craft cooking skills, striving to push the boundaries of school food to the highest standards, ensuring the children are offered imaginative, flexible and nutritious meals.

You will be able to demonstrate skills in team management, budget control, service improvement, customer relations and marketing.

We want someone with energy and passion to help us enhance the overall dining experience in the school. We include calendar events and celebrations throughout the year with a food themed twist so you will need to be organised, plan ahead and proactive with your ideas and creations.

In brief, you will have:

a solid background in catering within a commercial environment and, ideally, in an educational setting experience of managing others
a sound and up to date knowledge of food safety procedures
an understanding of nutrition and, ideally, knowledge of government food standards for school meals
a genuine interest and a desire to challenge perceptions of school meals
excellent communication skills, with the ability to deal with children, parents, school staff and colleagues confidently and successful
Please be aware the role is physically demanding.

Salary £15.50 per hour

Hours of work 30 per week, Term Time Only (39 weeks pa + 5.6 weeks paid leave to be taken during the school holidays)

Candidates must be prepared to obtain an enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) disclosure which is satisfactory to both Ashlyns and the school and be rechecked throughout their employment. All other safeguarding conditions including clearances for satisfactory references, medicals and right of work in the UK must be obtained.

Job Type: Permanent
Work Location: In person

Information about the School

Shaw Primary Academy are recruiting!

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.