Catering Manager - Old Basing

Caterlink Ltd; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A catering service provider is seeking a Catering Manager for a school in Basingstoke, focusing on preparing and presenting nutritious food. The role works term-time only, providing flexibility. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with food safety standards, managing daily operations, and training staff to enhance service quality. Competitive pay at £15.00 per hour with 27.5 hours weekly, offering opportunities for professional development and employee discounts.

Benefits

Blended learning programme

Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services access

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in catering management or a similar role.
• Understanding of Health and Safety, Food Safety, and environmental legislations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present food to required standards.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety and Food Safety requirements.
• Manage day-to-day operations and supervise teams.
• Communicate with clients and manage expectations.

Job description

Job Overview

We are hiring for a Catering Manager at ST MARYS JUNIOR SCHOOL, BASINGSTOKE 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.

Compensation and Working Hours

• £15.00 per hour
• 27.5 hours per week working Monday – Friday
• Term‑time only – working 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 be responsible for the day‑to‑day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans
• To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented
• Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved
• Supporting and training 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

About Caterlink

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.

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

• You have the opportunity of 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.