Catering Manager

St Paul’s Girls' School; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

St Paul’s Girls' School is seeking a Catering Manager to provide exceptional dining services for its students. The role involves managing food operations and leading a team to deliver high-quality meals in a nurturing environment. Join a leading independent school committed to excellence in education and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering management and hospitality.
• Strong commitment to safeguarding and child welfare.
• Hands-on approach in managing dining environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage dining room and café operations with head chef.
• Ensure high standards in catering services.
• Oversee hygiene and food safety practices.

Skills

Management

Catering Service

Customer Service

Team Leadership

Job description

We are looking for a Catering Manager to join St Paul’s Girls’ School – one of the country’s leading independent schools for girls aged 11-18, with approximately 840 students. You will be responsible for delivering a first-class front of house lunch and hospitality/functions service at the school.

The school

St Paul’s Girls’ School is an extraordinary school, offering a classical yet forward-thinking education, rooted in a love of academic discovery and enriched by a broad co-curricular programme, nurturing wellbeing provision and a strong commitment to partnerships and community initiatives. Aspirations and achievements go well beyond what one would normally expect from a school, making St Paul’s Girls’ School an exciting, lively, and stimulating place in which to work.

Students want to make a difference, and many go on to roles tackling some of the greatest challenges facing people and planet. Respect for environmental sustainability is expected of all staff, both in terms of minimising use of resources in daily operations and supporting the school’s aim of preparing students fully for life and work in the mid-21st century.

The post

Working closely with the Head Chef, the Catering Manager has a ‘hands-on’ role, which includes managing the dining room, café and plate-wash teams, and ensuring that the standards of catering at this leading independent girls’ day school match its reputation for excellence in education. The school has over 800 pupils and approximately 260 teaching and operational/administration staff.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and overseas police checks

St Paul’s Girls’ School is a “registered body” under the Police Act 1997 because employment here involves access to children under the age of 18. This post will require an enhanced DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau) before we can confirm an offer of employment. Unless you are a member of the DBS Update Service you will need to apply for a new disclosure, even if you already hold one. Former members of staff who are not on the Update Service who re-join us also require fresh disclosures, unless less than three months have passed between their leaving and their re-employment date. If you have lived or worked abroad for a period of 3 months or more during the past 10 years you will also need to provide appropriate paperwork, such as a police certificate of good conduct, from the countries you have lived in.

Safeguarding guidelines

St Paul’s Girls’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We expect all staff to share this commitment.

St Paul’s Girls’ School welcomes applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our pupil intake. We seek to offer fair and inclusive employment policies, interview and arrangements that avoid bias and support all applicants and staff equally.

Closing date: Wednesday 9^th July 2025.

Interviews: on a rolling basis.

Contact details:

Human Resources Department

St Paul’s Girls’ School

Brook Green

London W6 7BS

Tel: [phone]

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