Catering Supervisor

Places for People; Morpeth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

2% bonus for all colleagues

Health & Fitness membership for you, a

Nominated adult and up to 4 juniors

Flexible working options

Option to purchase additional annual

Personal learning and development

Company Pension scheme

Job summary

Places for People is seeking a Catering Supervisor to oversee daily catering operations at our centre in Morpeth. You will ensure high standards of food safety, cleanliness and customer service while managing staffing, recruitment and inductions.

You will maintain stock control and reporting, organise training to achieve a five-star Food Hygiene Rating, and support a busy, customer-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a catering team in a busy environment.
• Background in preparing food, ordering stock and monitoring stock levels.
• Strong customer service skills and knowledge of health & safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day catering activities within the centre.
• Ensure cleaning and food standard policies are followed and training delivered.
• Identify recruitment needs and induct new starters into the business.
• Create monthly stocktake spreadsheets and maintain stock records.
• Maintain a five-star Food Hygiene Rating through staff training.

Skills

Team management

Catering service

Customer service

Health & safety knowledge

Job description

We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More About Your Role

As Catering Supervisor you will oversee the day to day running of all catering activities within the centre. You will ensure all cleaning and food standard policies are adhered to at all times whilst operating a high standard of customer service to all our visitors. You will be responsible for identifying recruitment needs and following the recruitment process through to inducting new starters into the business. You will create monthly spreadsheets consisting of stocktakes in which you will conduct monthly and you will ensure a five star Food Hygiene Rating is maintained by organising necessary training to your staff members.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More About You

You should have previous experience managing a team of people preferably in a catering/hospitality background. You will have experience in a catering role where you have prepared food & ordered & monitored stock. You will need a background within a customer focused environment along with excellent customer service skills and proven experience of managing an extremely busy workload. You should have a good background knowledge of current Health & Safety regulations as well as current food standard policies.

Benefits

• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces

We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident

We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent

Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.