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Waitrose & Partners; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK food retailer is seeking a compliance-focused team leader to oversee food service delivery at their head office in Bracknell. The role includes managing kitchen operations, ensuring high standards of food safety, and engaging in menu preparation. Candidates should have food hygiene qualifications and operational experience in food settings. The position offers a permanent contract with flexible working options.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Employee ownership benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in food production and operational roles.
• Familiarity with food safety and hygiene legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team to deliver high operational standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Engage in menu preparation and food production within budget.

Skills

Good Basic Education - GCSEs - A Levels or Vocational equivalents

Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate - Level 2

Recognised Food Production Certificate - City & Guilds 706 1 & 2

Operational experience in PDRs, canteens or hospitality

Job description

About the role

Ensure menus are delivered to the highest possible standard, on time and within cost parameters, including compliance and risk management. To lead the team, who you task manage, to support the Hospitality & Food Service team in the delivery of the highest possible operational standards. Contribute to the growth and efficiency of the Hospitality & Food Service profession. Stretch your influence to act as part of the overall service delivery team for Head Office Facilities. Through your Profession you will have the opportunity to develop and stretch personally and professionally to achieve your potential. The Partnership supports agile and flexible working practices, such as when, where and how we work. We have several different ways to work flexibly, including part-time, flexible or compressed hours, and job sharing. Head office areas also support a blended working approach. We celebrate diversity and inclusion in the John Lewis Partnership and we are committed to becoming the UK's most inclusive business, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we serve.

Contract Type: This role is a permanent contract.

Location: This position is based out of our Bracknell head office

Working pattern: This role requires you to work evenings on some days of the week and upto 8 weekends in the year

Key Responsibilities:

Act in accordance with the Partnership's purpose and democratic principles, constructively participating in co-ownership, and demonstrating to customers and each other that it is a better way of doing business. Share your knowledge, experiences, ideas and opinion to improve the Partnership, speaking honestly and frequently.

Invest in your personal and professional development to achieve your potential, by doing more, doing better, or doing different. Continuously engage with and actively contribute to your Profession

Take responsibility for actively engaging with change

Customer / Financial/ Commercial

• Produce food in line with menu guidelines to the highest standards and quality within budgetary requirements.
• Take an active part in menu preparation and sharing in the collective development of the food offer to deliver menus with the right balance of nutrition, profitability and cost
• Responsible for ensuring all relevant kitchen sections meet all regulations including the highest standards of food safety and hygiene legislation as well as industry best practices
• Ensure the administration of Food preparation is accurately recorded to management information and food safety requirements.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Ensure full compliance with JLP Catering policies and legislation
• Ensure full compliance with Health and Safety Regulations
• Carry out due diligence tasks and keep accurate due diligence checks and records

Supporting Head Office Life

• Play a supporting role in the development of holistic, coordinated support services across the campus seeking and giving advice with the Facilities team as required.
• Play a vital role in the recovery of the business in case of service failure or other situation providing assistance where required to recover the campus

Essential skills/experience you'll need

• Good Basic Education - GCSEs - A Levels or Vocational equivalents
• Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate. - Level 2
• Recognised Food Production Certificate. City & Guilds 706 1 & 2 or equivalent
• Operational experience in PDRs, canteens or hospitality

Desirable skills/experience you may have

• Working towards Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate - Level 3

About The Partnership

We're the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We're not just employees, we're Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

We're ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we're free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

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 also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

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.