Catering Team Leader

PGL; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading adventure camp company in Weymouth is seeking a Catering Team Leader to enhance guest experiences through quality food service. This role involves overseeing a team of Catering Assistants, ensuring a clean dining area and tasty meals. Ideal candidates will have a Level 3 qualification in Food Safety and experience in catering. The position offers competitive pay, benefits including 20 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and opportunities for career growth across various locations.

Benefits

20 days annual leave + bank holidays

Paid volunteering days

Access to WellbeingHub

Contributory pension

Discounted PGL breaks

Discounts at 800+ retailers

Qualifications

• Three or more months experience within a catering role.
• Experience of working with young people is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Catering Assistants in the dining room.
• Ensure food quality and guest satisfaction.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership ability

Confidence in handling dietary requirements

Education

Level 3 qualification in Food Safety

Job description

Overview

Earn £30,178 (live-off rate) per annum. Our pay system is benchmarked and fair.

Full Time Permanent Contract

About PGL

Use your catering skills to fuel adventure! PGL is a world where children achieve the ‘impossible’.

Our residential adventure camps create extraordinary breakthroughs through life-affirming experiences in the great outdoors. But that’s not all… we’re part of something bigger. We’re powered by PGL Beyond, a group of inspiring companies with a shared purpose to deliver enriching and transformative experiences to the next generation. Will you join us?

Role headline

Make a difference as a Catering Team Leader

Our catering team is responsible for the essential job of keeping our guests and colleagues fuelled and hydrated, ready for the adventure that awaits them!

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Front of House Manager, you’ll be leading a team of Catering Assistants to ensure the dining room is clean and inviting, the food tasty and appealing, and our guests happy and well looked after.

Qualifications & requirements

• Three or more months experience within a catering role.
• A level 3 or above qualification in Food Safety.
• Experience of working with young people and supervising a team is a bonus, but not essential for this position.
• Great interpersonal skills to connect with guests, leadership ability to inspire and lead your team, and confidence to handle complex dietary & allergen requirements and maintain excellent food safety standards and procedures.

Core values

Above all, it’s our core values of FUN, SAFETY, QUALITY, INCLUSIVITY, TEAMWORK and RESPECT that unite us.

A place to thrive

No matter your background, ethnicity, sexuality/gender identity, SEND, neurodivergence or anything else… PGL is a place to be yourself, have fun, use your valuable skills for good and celebrate what makes you brilliantly unique.

Fair pay and benefits for all

• On top of your 20 days annual leave (+ 8 bank holidays), you’ll also enjoy your birthday off, have paid volunteering days to help worthwhile causes and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• A career with ongoing growth, aided development, mentoring, multiple pathways and opportunities to work across different UK or French locations.
• 24/7 access to our WellbeingHub alongside our Employee Assistance Program.
• Sector leading family friendly policies and a contributory pension.
• Access to our financial wellbeing platform where you can borrow or save directly from your salary.
• Free/discounted PGL breaks for your family & discounts at 800+ retailers.

For a full Job Description and Personal Specification please contact the recruitment team or refer to the internal posting.

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We hire the best talent and value a diverse, inclusive team; so, we are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone and are happy to provide helpful adjustments to make it easier to complete. Simply email or call us with detail around the adjustments you need. However, our top priority is the safety of the guests on our centres. Therefore, all centre based employees and some specific Head Office employees must undergo an Enhanced criminal record check (known as DBS or PVG), which we pay for. You will need to provide a 5-year address history and ID (such as passport/birth certificate). Convictions related to violence, drugs, or safeguarding may affect your application. Not all convictions will disqualify you, as we assess each case individually.