Catering Team Leader

John Lewis Partnership; Bletchley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail partnership in Bletchley is looking for a Catering Assistant Team Leader to oversee operations and support a team. The role demands experience in hospitality and requires food safety adherence. You will help create an inclusive environment, train staff, and ensure service quality. Benefits include discounts, free meals, and work-life balance support.

Benefits

Full uniform supplied including safety shoes

Free Meals on Duty

Partnership discount after 3 months

Discounted cinema tickets

Access to discounted holidays

Qualifications

• Operational experience in Dining Room facilities and the Hospitality industry.
• Ability to oversee the opening, closing and daily running of the operation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food safety requirements are maintained.
• Delegate tasks to the Catering Assistants.
• Induct new starters.

Skills

Operational experience in Dining Room facilities

Stakeholder management skills

Job description

Overview

About the roleAs a Catering Assistant Team Leader, you'll help oversee the running of the catering operation within the site you work and support a team of Catering Assistants.

You'll work alongside the catering management team to deliver an exceptional dining experience for all those using the facility and help create a culture of development and inclusion for the rest of the catering team.

As a Catering Assistant Team Leader, you'll help oversee the running of the catering operation within the site you work and support a team of Catering Assistants.

You'll work alongside the catering management team to deliver an exceptional dining experience for all those using the facility and help create a culture of development and inclusion for the rest of the catering team.

At a Glance

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week 11:30-19:30 2 weekends to be worked based on a 4 week rota

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Fenny Lock

Salary: The annual salary rate for this role is £26,200

Essential skills you’ll need

• Operational experience in Dining Room facilities and the Hospitality industry
• Stakeholder management or senior influencing skills

Desirable skills you could bring

• Food Safety Level 2 and 3

What will you do

• Ensure food safety requirements are maintained.
• Full Site & Department Induction training from day 1
• As online training Food Safety Level 2 within 3 months & Food safety level 3 straight after both of these will be mandatory once in role
• To delegate tasks to the Catering Assistants
• To help & support the Catering Assistant: you will need to have a good knowledge of all the tasks that are completed-Day to Day facilitate training for our Catering Assistant
• To induct new starters
• You will learn and use our Food Monitoring System
• Create Weekly rota following Partners work schedules & Holiday approvals and planning
• Ordering: online food ordering / uniform ordering
• Update department online invoicing & sales details
• Support Team Managers with interviews
• Full training on Department programs to be provided
• Ensure the vending operation delivers outstanding service to meet Partners needs.
• Ensure that fresh food, snack and hot beverage machines across the site are replenished and in a good working order
• Look after the stock inventory across the campuses with minimal supervision
• Attend each vending machine in line with the service requirements, ensure it is clean and fully stocked with accurate pricing to provide a great service.

Job Requirements

Apply the John Lewis food safety policies and procedures which include all legislation applicable to the Catering operation
Ability to oversee the opening, closing and daily running of the operation
Prepare food to a high standard

Benefits

We believe in rewarding our Partners for their time and energy. After all, they’re the ones that make the John Lewis Partnership special. Benefits include:

• Full uniform supplied including safety shoes
• Free Meals on Duty depending on hours worked
• Free parking on site.
• Once you’ve been with us for three months, you’ll get Partnership discount in store and online. That’s 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% electrical products, some exclusions apply) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners. You’ll also be able to nominate someone you live with to share your discount.
• Discounted cinema tickets & VIP suites with discounted tickets at the O2 arena
• Discounted rates on holidays at the John Lewis Partnerships hotels, where only Partners and their guests can stay
• Excellent work life balance, including focus on well being and flexible working and our marketing leading equal parenthood leave Policy
• And much more! Find out more about our benefits here: Find out more about our benefits at https://www.jlpjobs.com/about/benefits/

Important Information - Application and Interview Process

The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").

Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, will include a one to one interview

You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, therefore, we recommend you apply early.

Important points to note: It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.