Catering Manager

Teaching Vacancies; West Kirby; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Alsop High School is seeking a Catering Manager to oversee the catering team across multiple school buildings, ensuring efficient operation and achievement of sales targets. The role focuses on developing staff to their full potential, maximizing department income and maintaining high service standards.

The post emphasizes delivering nutritious, balanced meals in line with the school's Healthy Eating policy and providing guidance on dietary information as part of the Healthy School Programme.

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Core Purpose

To manage the catering team across various school-based buildings ensuring effective operation of each in achieving their target sales and through the development of staff members to reach their full potential maximize the efficiency of the catering department and the income generated.

To develop, manage and monitor the in-house catering operation to ensure that the service provided is of the highest standards meeting the needs of both staff and pupils; whilst achieving a consistently high level of food quality and customer service, demonstrated by customer satisfaction.

To ensure that the school’s Healthy Eating policy and its commitment to providing a nutritious and healthy balanced diet is achieved through marketing and service delivery.

To be the champion of healthy eating providing advice and guidance with respect to nutritional information and driving the programme of healthy eating across the whole school community, including the primary cluster, as part of the Healthy School Programme and in conjunction with the Food Tech curriculum.

What the school offers its staff

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Alsop High School. I am delighted that you are considering joining our community. As the Executive Principal of this warm and wonderful school, which is part of Omega Multi Academy Trust, I feel both proud and privileged to lead our mission of ‘Achieving Excellence Together.’ At Alsop High School, excellence means seeking 1% improvements every day in all that we do, for both staff and students. We are looking for talented, committed and passionate colleagues to join us on this journey to excellence.

New colleagues often highlight the support from others and the team ethos is a real strength of our school. Built upon our three core values of Ambition, Respect, and Community and aligned with the Omega Multi-Academy Trust mission, we strive to provide the best possible school experience for every child and to be the best employer we can be. We consider the workload and wellbeing of our staff to be our greatest resource, which means that the we place a high value on managing the amount of work given to staff and ensuring that their overall wellbeing is considered.

I will always expect our staff to treat the children in our care as they would their own. One of my favourite quotes is, “children’s learning is not a rehearsal; they never get a second chance.” We want ambitious staff who are passionate about maintaining the highest standards every day to ensure that every moment of students learning is as effective and enriching as possible. We aim to cultivate a warm, family-like work environment and seek to recruit and retain dynamic and inspirational staff who share our vision and commitment.

As part of the Omega Multi-Academy Trust, colleagues benefit from strong collaboration, network opportunities and a broad and varied professional development programme at every level. We plan to "train staff so well that they can leave but treat them so well they don't want to.“ We can offer flexible working arrangements and a wide range of CPD opportunities for staff. While we love working in education, we recognise its challenges, which is why your wellbeing is always a priority for us, from emotional support to regular workload management. As part of a trust, we offer all staff exclusive access to our wellbeing and benefits app “Omega MAT Plus+.” This app provides a gateway to a wide range of exciting benefits, including an Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 health and wellbeing support, access to GP video appointments and discounts and savings at many high street stores and big brands.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is essential, drawing from a range of talents, backgrounds and experiences and striving to represent the community we serve. Ultimately, it is the children and young people who will benefit the most, so this is the perfect opportunity to work in an innovative and creative school. We strongly encourage all potential applicants to visit us or get in touch for an informal conversation prior to the interview. We are happy to welcome visitors for an informal tour at any time. I look forward to meeting you.

Yours faithfully, Mr J Kerfoot Executive Principal

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.