Area Supervisor

TN United Kingdom; Salford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established public sector organization seeks a dedicated Area Supervisor for Cleaning & Catering. In this dynamic role, you will manage and enhance service delivery across various contracts while developing a skilled team. Your expertise in catering and cleaning, combined with strong communication skills, will ensure the highest standards are met. Join a supportive environment that values personal growth and offers opportunities for career advancement, including training and apprenticeships. This role is perfect for someone passionate about service excellence and community impact.

Benefits

Dynamic Work Environment

Competitive Compensation

Full Training Provided

Protective Uniform Supplied

Opportunities for Career Growth

Greater Manchester Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Cycle to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing cleaning and catering services.
• Ability to train and supervise staff of varied abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cleaning and catering contracts across various locations.
• Develop and train your team to ensure service excellence.

Skills

Catering Experience

Cleaning Industry Knowledge

Supervisory Skills

Communication Skills

IT Skills

Health & Safety Legislation Knowledge

Food Safety Legislation Knowledge

Education

Catering Qualifications

Health & Safety Certifications

Job description

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Job Title: Citywide Services Area Supervisor (cleaning & catering)

What hours will you be working?

You will be contracted 36 hours per week, these hours need to be flexible to meet the demands of the post, but it will mainly be Monday to Friday 8am and 6pm (occasionally early morning and evening work may be required).

Where will you work?

You will be based at our offices within Turnpike Depot, M50 1EP, however, you will be required to work at variable locations as required.

What will you do as an Area Supervisor?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to join our team as Area Supervisor Cleaning & Catering. This is a varied and fast-paced role, where no two days are the same.

The role will primarily focus on providing efficient and effective service across the varied Citywide’s cleaning and catering contracts and developing your team. Therefore, we need someone who is a skilled communicator, and able to collaborate with staff, children, headteachers, business managers and building managers in a variety of ways.

To succeed in this role, you will need to have experience in the catering industry (school catering would be beneficial), experience in the cleaning industry, supervising staff, training individuals of varied levels of ability, supervise staff, have excellent communication skills, good IT skills, be fair and objective, and have good knowledge of Health & Safety Legislation and Food Safety Legislation.

We are extremely interested in hearing from individual with experience in the day-to-day management of contracts, with a proven history in managing an efficient and effective services across contracts and supervising complex teams.

About Citywide Services:

Citywide Services is part of Salford City Council’s Place Directorate. We have been providing Catering Services in nurseries and schools across Greater Manchester since 1990. We are constantly striving to achieve the highest quality, healthiest, and nutritionally balanced meals to the 12,000 children we serve every school day.

At Citywide Services we aim to provide Salford living wage-paid, reliable jobs for our community, where every team member is given the skills and training to develop. Once a team member is on board with us, we work hard to encourage them to stay, as we recognise that our people are our most valuable resource.

We aim to create a great teamwork environment in which the opinions of all are sought and valued and to grow our future talent from within, with continued development and progression opportunities. Our training and development build upon the talents of our team by investing in their training. This ensures they are given all the necessary skills to deliver excellence. Our training includes nationally recognised catering qualifications, safeguarding, food hygiene, manual handling, COSHH training, customer service, and many more. Over the last two years, we are immensely proud to have provided over thirty of our team members with apprentice opportunities to gain Chef Production qualifications, with many of our apprentices having gone on to achieve career promotions within Citywide.

Benefits of Joining Citywide:

Working with Citywide is more than a job, you will be welcome into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards, and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Citywide, including apprenticeships and a variety of learning and development tools.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Greater Manchester Pension Scheme
• A death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Salford City Council
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £12.37 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Continuous service commitment

New employees can now keep their service-related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Next Steps

If you feel like the place, you belong and you have the skills, experience, and behaviors required for this role, then we would love to learn more about you.

Once you have read the role profile and submitted your application, the next step in the process is likely to include an interview and a presentation.

When you apply to us, we want to do all that we can to support you and set you up for success. Please let us know if you would like us to make any adjustments to our process that would help you.

For further information or to have an informal chat, please contact Lucy Clarke, Service Manager on 0161 925 1068.

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Find out about our city as a place to live, work & grow, and learn more about the amazing work we are doing. You’ll also find out about the wealth of benefits we have to offer you here!

Continuous Service commitment

New employees can keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others under this scheme. Find out if this applies to you here.

Guaranteed Assessment Schemes

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Please note, this job can be closed at any time if we fulfil the role.