Area Support Officer (Catering) - 32.5HRS

Kirklees Council; Netherton; On-site; GBP 2,066,000 - 2,342,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirklees Council's catering service is seeking a practical, hands-on catering operative to support operations across Kirklees. You will prepare, produce and serve over 200 meals daily with a team, ensuring safety and dietary requirements are met.

A full driving licence is essential as you will travel between sites; you will contribute to budgeting and cost controls while helping implement service improvements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Food Safety and Food Allergy legislation.
• Ability to provide meals for a range of dietary requirements.
• Understanding budgeting and cost control and implementing improvements.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, produce and serve in excess of 200 meals with a team.
• Support delivery of a responsive, customer-focused catering service.
• Travel across Kirklees between sites; hold a full driving licence.

Skills

Catering operations

Budgeting and cost control

Food Safety knowledge

Driving licence

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation

Kirklees

Directorate

Public Health and Corporate Resources

Service Area

Culture & Visitor Economy

Hours

32.5

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Across Kirklees

Position type

Permanent

Grade

7

Salary

£15.31- £16.08

Advert Wording

Do you have practical knowledge and experience in a range of catering operations, and can you confidently prepare, produce, and serve in excess of 200 meals with the support of a team?
Have you knowledge and understanding of Food Safety, Food Allergy legislation and providing meals for a range special dietary requirements?
The main purpose of this role is to support in the delivery of a responsive, customer focused catering service that continually develops in line with the changing needs of our customers. You will work with unit managers/supervisors across the service to implement new service developments and initiatives.
A strong understanding of the importance of budgeting and controlling costs and the ability to implement improvements is a key part of this role.
As you will work across a range of sites in Kirklees, with our HQ in Huddersfield, travel is an essential part of this job and therefore it would be extremely difficult for you to do your job effectively if you did not use a vehicle for all or most of the time. It is essential that you hold a full and valid driving licence. (Exceptions may be made for disabled candidates).
Please see the job profile below for more details.

Charlotte Weedon is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

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Closing date

29 September 2026, 11:55 PM