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Catering Manager

Closing date:Friday 8th August 2025

37 hours per week Term Time + 10 days

Monday - Thursday 7:00am - 3:00pm

Friday 7am - 2:30pm

Starting Salary Scale 7 point 19 - Actual salary £27,289 per annum

(salary negotiable dependant on experience)

Application Forms available www.shsg.org/vacancies/#how-to-apply

Applications and supporting letters to be submitted to recruitment@shsg.org

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Catering Manager to manage our catering operation, including the busy school canteen and our exciting coffee shop 'Scholars'.

You will plan and manage the development of all the catering provision for pupils, staff and special events, ensuring compliance with all health and safety requirements.

You will work with the Finance Team Manager to develop an effective business plan.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Plan and oversee the preparation and presentation of all food to the required school's standards.
• Manage ordering of stock and equipment and oversee stock control.
• Maximise the full potential of the catering operation in terms of turnover and profitability.
• Have good communication skills and manage the catering team in a professional and friendly manner.
• Implement and review menu cycles regularly and promote theme days.
• Ensure that all aspects of the Schools Financial Regulations are followed throughout the catering operation.
• Provide daily, weekly, and monthly monitoring reports as required.
• Ensure high quality food provision whilst maintaining best value practice.
• Be fully compliant with all health & safety requirements and hygiene standards.

We will provide:

• Safety equipment as required.
• A strong, highly committed team of staff with an ethos of tolerance and a family community spirit.
• Training and development and our commitment to staff wellbeing.
• An environment which promotes innovation.

Southend High School for Girls is a highly successful and oversubscribed girls' grammar school rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues to move forward under the leadership of its Headteacher, Mr Jason Carey.

For all enquiries please contact Sinead Carter at recruitment@shsg.org

We reserve the right to call applicants to interview, and appoint, prior to the closing date

All staff at Southend High School for Girls have a responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. This is a customer-facing role needing fluent spoken English.

Information about the School

“Pupils flourish and excel at Southend High School for Girls.”

– Ofsted, July 2024

Southend High School for Girls (SHSG) is an outstanding grammar school with academy status, proudly educating generations of students for over a century. We blend tradition with innovation, creating a dynamic learning environment where students are safe, happy, and successful.

Our school is a family-orientated community where pupils thrive. Students achieve exceptionally high outcomes and benefit from an ambitious curriculum and an exemplary careers education programme. As one pupil told Ofsted, “The school will literally help you do anything you want to do.”

We offer a vast range of clubs, trips, productions, and leadership opportunities, including the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme and World Challenge. Students are encouraged to lead and contribute, with many acting as ambassadors and house captains.

SHSG is proud to be a member of NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education), reflecting our commitment to stretching and challenging all learners. Our curriculum goes far beyond the National Curriculum, with students in Key Stage 3 studying three separate sciences and two languages, and engaging in ‘super-curricular’ tasks that promote independent research and critical thinking.

Staff are passionate, well-supported, and receive high-quality professional development. Our shared ethos of high expectations, mutual respect, and continuous improvement makes SHSG a truly special place to work.

If you are enthusiastic about education and excited to join a high-performing, caring school community, we warmly invite you to explore our current vacancies and consider becoming part of the SHSG family.