Catering Team Leader - St Thomas More Catholic Academy

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Job summary

A leading secondary school is seeking a Catering Team Leader to manage kitchen operations, ensuring food quality and hygiene standards. The role involves supervising a team in a fast-paced environment and offers opportunities for ongoing training and development.

Benefits

Uniform provided

Ongoing training and development

Qualifications

• Experience in catering and food management.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff effectively.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and oversee food preparation.
• Organise and supervise kitchen staff.
• Maintain high food hygiene standards.
• Check and manage food deliveries.

Skills

Team Leadership

Food Hygiene

Cooking

Job description

Catering Team Leader

Level 4 scp 4-7 (£24,404 - £25,584)

Actual starting salary £16,586

28.75 hours per week term time + INSET

Monday-Friday 9:45am - 3:30pm

Start date: 1st September 2025

Required for September 2025, we are seeking a Catering Team Leader. The successful candidate will assist in leading a passionate and friendly team working in a fast-paced environment of a busy Secondary School.

The main duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

• Prepare, cook and oversee the cooking of food
• Organise and supervise the work of other kitchen staff
• Operate and ensuring maintenance of kitchen equipment, following training
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen in accordance with health and safety, food hygiene and COSHH regulations at all times
• Prepare and clear kitchen and dining areas
• Undertake cleaning and washing up as directed in the kitchen and dining areas by the Catering Manager
• Check delivery of food and other catering consumables from designated suppliers and be responsible for refilling and replacing sauces, condiments and other consumables
• Cater for functions.
• Any other duties appropriate to the post.

We provide uniform and ongoing training from an employer who is keen to invest in your development.

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is an 11-18 mixed Catholic comprehensive school with 1137 students on roll which has an excellent reputation throughout the area. On 1 November 2013 St Thomas More together with four primary academies formed the All Saints' Catholic Collegiate (MAC).

To apply please complete the CES application form and email to Mrs Stacy Walker [e-mail] along with completed consent to references form, disclosure form and recruitment monitoring form.

Your application should be on the Catholic Education Service application form which can be downloaded from our website: https://www.stmca.org.uk/key-information/vacancies/

Closing Date: 9am on 7^th July 2025

Interviews are scheduled to take place 11^th July 2025

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All appointments made are also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and Right to Work in the UK.

STM Catholic Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Prevent Duty