CATERING MANAGER

The GORSE Academies Trust; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

The GORSE Academies Trust in Richmond Hill is seeking a Catering Manager to lead its in-house catering service at Richmond Hill Academy. You will oversee the daily operation of the academy kitchen and dining facilities, ensuring high standards of quality, hygiene and customer service.

You will work with the Trust Catering Manager to lead a small team, manage production, monitor budgets and stock, and ensure compliance with legislation and policies while promoting healthy eating for students and

Qualifications

• Experience working within a busy catering or kitchen environment.
• Experience managing food preparation and service.
• Knowledge of food safety regulations, hygiene standards and HACCP principles.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• The ability to lead, motivate and develop a small team.
• Experience of stock control, ordering and budget monitoring.
• Good communication and customer service skills.
• A commitment to maintaining the highest standards of food hygiene, safety and cleanliness.
• A positive, reliable and flexible approach to work.
• Level 2 Food Safety or Food Hygiene Certificate and willingness to achieve Level 3 if not already held.
• Experience within a school or education setting is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily operation of the academy kitchen and dining facilities, ensuring excellent standards of food quality, hygiene, food safety and customer service.
• Lead and support the catering team, manage food production and service, monitor budgets and stock.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and trust policies.
• Promote healthy eating and help create an environment where students can enjoy safe, nutritious and appealing meals each day.
• Work closely with the Trust Catering Manager to drive continuous improvement and service excellence.

Skills

Catering management

Team leadership

Food safety knowledge

HACCP principles

Food service experience

Budget monitoring

Stock control

Communication skills

Flexible approach

Education setting experience

Education

Level 2 Food Safety or Food Hygiene Certificate

Experience in education setting (desirable)

Job description

Required for September 2026

We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised and dedicated

We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised and dedicated Catering Manager to lead our in-house catering service at Richmond Hill Academy.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering a high-quality, nutritious and welcoming dining experience for our students, staff and visitors. As Catering Manager, you will oversee the daily operation of the academy kitchen and dining facilities, ensuring excellent standards of food quality, hygiene, food safety and customer service.

Working closely with the Trust Catering Manager, you will lead and support the catering team, manage food production and service, monitor budgets and stock, and ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and trust policies. You will also promote healthy eating and help create an environment where students can enjoy safe, nutritious and appealing meals each day.

This role would suit an experienced catering professional with strong organisational and leadership skills who is passionate about delivering an outstanding catering service within an educational setting.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience working within a busy catering or kitchen environment.
• Experience managing food preparation and service.
• Knowledge of food safety regulations, hygiene standards and HACCP principles.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• The ability to lead, motivate and develop a small team.
• Experience of stock control, ordering and budget monitoring.
• Good communication and customer service skills.
• A commitment to maintaining the highest standards of food hygiene, safety and cleanliness.
• A positive, reliable and flexible approach to work.
• Level 2 Food Safety or Food Hygiene Certificate and willingness to achieve Level 3 if not already held.
• Experience within a school or education setting is desirable.

What We Offer You

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About Us

GORSE has a well-known reputation for changing the deal for children and young adults who come from some of the most impoverished parts of the country. Our central mission is to ensure that we play a significant role in removing the stubborn link between poverty and academic underperformance. Consequently, our students and our professionals are in the vanguard of the national drive which seeks to prove that where teaching is excellent, leadership inspiring and behaviour standards exemplary all children excel regardless of background.

Our 15 academies, our central team, our Teaching School Hub and GORSE SCITT work in a tightknit manner which sees our students prospering as a result of great partnership. Our professionals recognise the enormous advantage that comes from belonging to a network of excellence and we as a trust recognise that there is much to be gained when great organisations work with integrity, moral purpose and determination.

If you would like to know more about our trust, please visit our website at www.tgat.org.uk.