Catering Supervisor A

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in school catering is seeking a Catering Supervisor for Holte Secondary School. This role involves preparing nutritious meals, managing a team of 15 staff, and ensuring the highest standards of food safety and cleanliness. The ideal candidate will possess a passion for food, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to motivate a team. With a commitment to healthy eating and well-being, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a positive impact on students' lives. Join a supportive environment that values your contributions and encourages professional growth.

Qualifications

• Essential kitchen experience and qualifications in food catering required.
• Strong people skills and passion for food and customer service are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals for pupils and staff, ensuring high standards.
• Manage kitchen staff, training, and maintain cleaning standards.
• Plan and control all aspects of the catering service.

Skills

Good people skills

Passion about food and customer service

Team player

Good verbal and written communication skills

High standards and quality drive

IT skills

Food Safety Level 3 Certificate

Allergy Awareness Certificate

Experience in a similar environment

Education

Qualifications in Food Catering

Maths and English qualification (C or grade 4 and above)

Tools

Saffron IT System

Cunninghams Cashless system

Word

Excel

Job description

Catering Supervisor – Holte Secondary School, Lozells B19 2EP

Permanent

Grade 4 - £33,366 - £40,476 (Salary is on a Pro Rata Basis)

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week - working times are Monday - Friday term time only between 7:30am-3pm approx.., Hours to be confirmed

To include 3 cleaning days, 3 training days and teacher training days

Cityserve is a Birmingham City Council catering service for school meals providing fresh and nutritious food for school kitchens across the UK. Healthy eating is a continuous theme throughout all of our menus, and we are committed to the wellbeing of pupils. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, delivers excellent customer service, and is able to motivate and support team members.

As a Catering Supervisor, your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and cooking meals for all pupils and some staff including Mayfield Special School.
• Planning and controlling all aspects of the service.
• Ensuring the kitchen is maintained to the highest of cleaning standards.
• Costing, stocktaking, and keeping appropriate records using IT skills/ Word/Excel etc.
• Food ordering using the Saffron IT System.
• Using Cunninghams Cashless system.
• Management of 15 staff and all staff training.
• Understanding budgets.
• Maintaining a budgeted menu with balanced diets and allergen control.
• Being aware of the care users’ needs and dietary preferences.
• Working collaboratively with managers and supervisors to ensure the first-class delivery of food in school kitchens.

Previous kitchen experience is essential to this role.

About You.

Essential:

• Good people skills.
• Passion about food and customer service.
• Great team player.
• Food Safety Level 3 Certificate in date.
• Qualifications in Food Catering – i.e. 706/1 & 2 etc.
• Maths and English qualification C or grade 4 and above.
• Good IT skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Allergy Awareness Certificate in date.
• Experience in a similar environment.
• High standards and quality drive.
• A ‘can do’ attitude.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining, and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

For any informal inquiries please contact: Christine Holleran - [e-mail]

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Job Description and Person Specification

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