Catering Team Leader

ISS Facilities Services; Turners Hill; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS check

Job summary

ISS Facilities Services is seeking a Catering Team Leader for a term-time operation at Turners Hill. The role focuses on leading a catering team, delivering high-quality meals, and maintaining safety and service standards in a school environment.

You will build strong relationships with students and staff, manage stock and reporting, and work within a DBS-checked framework. The position is permanent with term-time payments averaged across the year.

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering supervisory or management role is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the catering team to deliver excellent food and service standards.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and health & safety requirements.
• Deliver high-quality meals in line with menus and dietary needs.
• Build positive relationships with clients, students and staff.
• Manage stock, ordering, production, and waste control.
• Maintain accurate records and complete required reporting.

Skills

Team leadership

Food safety

Communication

Organisational skills

Job description

Hours of work: 16.25

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday 10:15 - 13:30

Contract Type: Permanent

Hourly Rate: £13.01

Make a Difference Every Day.

Are you passionate about great food, excellent customer service, and leading a successful team?

Join ISS and play a key role in delivering nutritious, high-quality meals that enhance the school day for students.

As a Catering Team Leader, you'll oversee the day-to-day catering operation, leading and motivating your team to deliver an outstanding dining experience while maintaining the highest standards of food quality, safety, and customer service.

You'll build strong relationships with students, school staff, and colleagues, helping to create a welcoming environment where great food is at the heart of the school community.

At ISS, you'll be part of a company that values its people and provides opportunities to learn, develop, and grow. One of the key benefits of this role is the term-time-only contract with annualised pay.

This means your salary is spread evenly across 12 months and paid monthly, giving you the security of a regular income throughout the year, including during school and college holiday periods.

The Role

Lead and motivate the catering team to deliver excellent food and service standards.

Ensure compliance with food safety, health & safety, safeguarding, and company policies.

Deliver high-quality meals in line with menus, dietary requirements, and food standards.

Build positive relationships with clients, students, and colleagues.

Manage stock, ordering, food production, and waste control effectively.

Maintain accurate records and complete required reporting.

About You

Experience in a catering supervisory, team leader, or management role is desirable but not essential as full training is provided.

Food preparation and customer service skills desirable.

Good understanding of food safety, health & safety, and compliance requirements.

Excellent communication, organisation, and team leadership skills.

Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

A proactive, and customer-focused approach.

As this role is based within a school environment, successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. ISS will arrange and cover the cost of this as part of the onboarding process.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou, #facilitiesmanagement

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.

If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.

Experience in a catering supervisory, team leader, or management role is desirable but not essential as full training is provided. Food preparation and customer service skills desirable. Good understanding of food safety, health & safety, and compliance requirements. Excellent communication, organisation, and team leadership skills. Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. A proactive, and customer-focused approach.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Catering Team Leader

Company: ISS Facilities Services

Salary: from £13.01 an hour

Hours: Part-time

Location: Turners Hill

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 30 Oct 2026

Closing date: 29 Nov 2026

Summary

Catering Team Leader

Contract: Education

Location: Turners Hill, Crawley - RH10 4PA

Hours of work: 16.25

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday 10:15 - 13:30

Contract Type: Permanent

Hourly Rate: £13.01

Make a Difference Every Day.

Are you passionate about great food, excellent customer service, and leading a successful team?

Join ISS and play a key role in delivering nutritious, high-quality meals that enhance the school day for students.

As a Catering Team Leader, you'll oversee the day-to-day catering operation, leading and motivating your team to deliver an outstanding dining experience while maintaining the highest standards of food quality, safety, and customer service.

You'll build strong relationships with students, school staff, and colleagues, helping to create a welcoming environment where great food is at the heart of the school community.

At ISS, you'll be part of a company that values its people and provides opportunities to learn, develop, and grow. One of the key benefits of this role is the term-time-only contract with annualised pay.

This means your salary is spread evenly across 12 months and paid monthly, giving you the security of a regular income throughout the year, including during school and college holiday periods.

The Role

Lead and motivate the catering team to deliver excellent food and service standards.

Ensure compliance with food safety, health & safety, safeguarding, and company policies.

Deliver high-quality meals in line with menus, dietary requirements, and food standards.

Build positive relationships with clients, students, and colleagues.

Manage stock, ordering, food production, and waste control effectively.

Maintain accurate records and complete required reporting.

About You

Experience in a catering supervisory, team leader, or management role is desirable but not essential as full training is provided.

Food preparation and customer service skills desirable.

Good understanding of food safety, health & safety, and compliance requirements.

Excellent communication, organisation, and team leadership skills.

Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

A proactive, and customer-focused approach.

As this role is based within a school environment, successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. ISS will arrange and cover the cost of this as part of the onboarding process.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou, #facilitiesmanagement

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.

We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.

If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.

Essential requirements

Experience in a catering supervisory, team leader, or management role is desirable but not essential as full training is provided. Food preparation and customer service skills desirable. Good understanding of food safety, health & safety, and compliance requirements. Excellent communication, organisation, and team leadership skills. Ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. A proactive, and customer-focused approach.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme