Assistant Catering Manager - Middlesbrough

Caterlink Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading catering company in the education sector is seeking an Assistant Manager for a term-time role in the Tees Valley. This position offers flexible working hours with no weekends, focusing on preparing and presenting nutritious food for schools. Responsibilities include supervising teams, ensuring compliance with health standards, and supporting the manager in daily operations. Ideal candidates will have experience in catering and possess strong leadership skills. Benefits include access to wellbeing services and employee discounts, along with development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering environment with knowledge of food safety standards.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to supervise and train teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present food to required standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Support manager in daily operations and team supervision.
• Manage inventories and monitor budgets.

Skills

Food Preparation and Cooking

Health and Safety Compliance

Team Supervision

Budget Management

Training and Development

Job description

We are hiring for an Assistant Manager who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility.

• £14.50 per hour
• 30 hours per week (Monday – Friday)
• Term-time only – 38 weeks per year

Key Responsibilities

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client.
• To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures.
• To ensure that the company's reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded.
• To support the manager with the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams, including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans.
• To support and train our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

About Caterlink

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our "Fresh Food Policy" is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Benefits & Development

• You have the opportunity for a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be.
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• You will have full access to our Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits which are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time.
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme.