Catering Manager

Teaching Vacancies; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Trowbridge seeks a dynamic catering manager to oversee the school's catering services. The role involves ensuring high-quality meal provision for pupils and staff, adhering to health and safety standards, and managing dietary requirements. Candidates must have a strong catering background and hold Level 2 food hygiene and allergy awareness certifications. The school promotes a supportive environment for its staff and students.

Benefits

Supportive staff environment

Engaged and well-mannered children

Qualifications

• Good standard of knowledge and skills in catering work.
• Knowledge of food hygiene procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall operation of the school's catering services.
• Ensure all dietary requirements and nutritional standards are met.
• Promote and generate income through the catering services.

Skills

Good communication skills

Teamwork

Staff supervisory skills

Education

Level 2 food hygiene and safety certificate

Level 2 food allergy awareness

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

North Bradley C.E. Primary School is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic catering manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall management and operation of the school's catering services, ensuring a high-quality and professional service is provided to pupils, staff, and private clients. You will also need to ensure that all Health & Safety procedures are adhered to at all times.

You will be responsible for all aspects of meal planning and ensuring all dietary requirements and nutritional standards are met. You will need to promote the use of, and generate income through, the catering services on behalf of the school and respond to all associated issues. Our school currently provides around 300 meals per day, providing meals for our own children and 2 other local schools.

We offer a supportive and caring staff, and delightful, well‑mannered children. The successful applicant must be prepared to study a minimum Level 2 NVQ alongside the role.

You must have

• A good standard of knowledge and skills in catering work.
• Level 2 food hygiene and safety certificate.
• Level 2 food allergy awareness.
• Knowledge of food hygiene procedures.
• Good communication, teamwork, and staff supervisory skills.

What the school offers its staff

We are a busy, friendly school, with lots going on. North Bradley CE Primary School welcomes children aged 4-11. We strive to provide children with a happy, stimulating, safe learning environment in which their intellectual, spiritual, personal, social and physical development can flourish. We are a Christian School where we believe that we should love and serve one another and make a difference in the world. We are always seeking ways to do the best for all of our children; establishing exciting learning opportunities that inspire and engage at every level. We are aspirational for all of the children at our school and seek to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that allows children to develop their skills and understanding of a wealth of subjects.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.