Chef Manager

A2Dominion Housing Group Ltd; Clewer Village; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading UK housing association is seeking a Chef Manager to oversee the catering service at Viscount Court in Windsor. Responsibilities include preparing meals, managing dietary needs, and ensuring compliance with health standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in catering or care environments, leadership skills, and excellent communication abilities. A passion for team management is essential. This is a permanent part-time role with flexible benefits.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Up to 8% contributory pension

Annual allowance for health benefits

Qualifications

• Experience with large volume catering or support environments.
• Ability to meet dietary and cultural meal preferences.
• Skills for leading a team and handling administration.

Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation and serving of meals.
• Ensure compliance with food standards and health checks.
• Lead the team and manage the catering operation efficiently.

Skills

Catering/Cooking qualification

Time management

Leadership

Communication skills

Education

Experience working in a Care environment

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Job title

Chef Manager

Location: Viscount Court, Vansittart Road, Windsor, SL4 5DR

Salary: £18,575.70 - £19,362.20 per annum

Work hours: Part time (27.5 hours per week), Mon–Fri, working hours for this role are 8:30am–2pm

Contract type: Permanent

DBS Level: This role requires an enhanced DBS check

About A2Dominion

We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homespeople love to live in. With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Role OverviewAs the Chef Manager at Viscount Court, you will be responsible for leading and delivering a first class end to end catering service to the scheme, which consists of 46 self‑contained apartments for residents aged 55+. Being both hands on with preparation and cooking to ownership of the ‘back office’ compliance, administration and audits, this rewarding opportunity will be working with an efficient and dedicated kitchen assistant to deliver excellence for our residents.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation, cooking and serving of meals, meeting Company and Environmental Health Standards. Taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural needs, cooking specific meals as per the resident food profile so that resident’s preferences are met.
• Complete all menu tick sheets, cleaning records and handover sheets daily, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to Catering Manager.
• Issuing of resident catering invoices, responding to resident and queries regarding payments and accrued arrears.
• Carry out Health & Safety & Food Hygiene standards checks as directed by A2Dominion catering standards and that all practices meet the statutory regulations, including the Registered Homes Act 1984, and A2Dominion’s Health & Safety policy.
• Taking responsibility for preparing and responding to inspections and audits by external authorities and other bodies and fulfilling reporting requirements.
• Lead and support your team, allocating duties and checking work is completed in timely manner. Taking responsibility for managing recruitment, probation, development, absence, staff behaviours and employment lifecycle.
• Ownership of ordering, stock control, deliveries, agency workers time keeping and maintain the standards set by the Catering Manager.

More about you

• Ideally you will have a Catering/Cooking qualification and/or experience working in a Care and Support environment, or cooking experience for large volumes of people.
• Excellent time management and organisational skills in running a smooth, effective catering service for our residents.
• Have a passion for leading a team, whether you have prior experience or looking to take the next step in your career.
• Comfortable in taking ownership of the ‘back office’ administration and documentation using basic Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook).
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to commute to the housing scheme in Windsor, SL4 5DR.

Why A2Dominion?

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

• 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) Up to 8% contributory pension
• In addition, all permanent and fixed‑term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the process – just contact our Resourcing Team at [e-mail].

We know some people hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every requirement. If that’s you, we encourage you to apply if your skills and experience align – please get in touch with us to talk it through.

At A2Dominion, we value diversity, embrace flexibility, and are a family‑friendly employer. Everyone belongs here. Join us and help make a lasting difference in the lives of our customers.

Vacancy managed by Hollie Furness – [e-mail]