Job Description

St John the Baptist CEVA Primary School are looking to appoint a Catering Manager who will be responsible for the operational efficiency of the catering service, planning, preparation and presentation of our school meals. This is an incredible opportunity to open up a brand new kitchen for our school with state of the art facilities and the chance to create and design a menu for our children.

Are you looking for an exciting challenge?

Do you enjoy cooking healthy nutritious meals?

Do you have a passion for providing children with an exciting menu which encourages healthy, educated choices ?

Then please join us at our community school and be a key team member in nourishing our lovely pupils

We are looking for you to be

· Organised and calm under pressure

· Friendly, creative and have a sense of fun

· Is confident and able to work on their own initiative

· Has catering experience

· Confident and able to use ICT to support our catering service.

· Has the interests of children at the heart of the work they do

We can offer you:

· a friendly and supportive work environment

· polite and happy customers

· a CPD entitlement with purposeful training

· the opportunity to work with our lovely children

· supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils

· well behaved and hardworking pupils who deserve the best

· a constantly improving learning environment

· a responsive and involved leadership team

The contract will be for 25 hours per week. Working from 9am-2pm, term time only.

We look forward to hearing from you.

School visits are warmly welcomed. Please contact us to arrange a tour of the kitchen and school.

Information about the School

St John the Baptist CE VA Primary school is a small village school in a beautiful rural position. Our smallness is our distinct advantage. We pride ourselves on knowing all our children and their families, and value their individual strengths. As a Christian school we live our Vision in all we do and you will see this from the moment you walk through the door. Our children are always praised by visitors for the warmth of their welcome and impeccable behaviour.

Ofsted 2023 “Pupils are kind and tolerant. They treat adults and each other with respect”. “Pupils are happy and proud to attend St John the Baptist. They enjoy learning.”