Catering Manager

WSH Group; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering provider is seeking a Catering Manager for Royal Leamington Spa College. In this role, you will ensure the delivery of nutritionally balanced meals and manage a team to maintain food quality and safety standards. This position requires strong leadership skills and knowledge of health regulations. The role offers opportunities for professional development and employee discounts, contributing to a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Employee Discount Platform

Access to Wellbeing Services

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Knowledge of food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Ability to manage and train a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present food to the required standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Manage day-to-day operations and supervise teams.
• Communicate with clients and monitor KPIs.

Skills

Food and Health Safety knowledge

Team management

Education

Level 2 Food and Health Safety

Job description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are hiring for a Catering Manager at Royal Leamington Spa College, Leamingtonwho wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working 52 weeks per year working the Occasional Weekend to cover Events and Summer School)

The role:

• 37.5hours per week working Monday – Friday (Occasional Weekends to cover Summer School)
• 52weeks per year

Your key responsibilities will include:

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client
• To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures
• To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded
• To be responsible for the day-to-day the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans
• To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented
• Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved
• Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed
• To manager Coffee Shop ( Starbucks)

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Qualifications

Level 2 Food and Health and Safety

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• You have the opportunity of a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• You will have full access to our Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits which are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme