Education Catering Area Manager Support Manager

BaxterStorey; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering service provider in the UK seeks an Area Support Manager to oversee operations across 12 schools in Wolverhampton. The role requires a skilled Catering Manager with multi-site experience, focusing on food quality, compliance audits, and team support. Benefits include a competitive salary of up to £30,000, a term-time schedule with no weekends, and opportunities for personal development. Join a supportive business that values a great work/life balance.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Term-time only schedule

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience as a Catering Manager with multi-site management.
• Willingness to engage in hands-on cooking when necessary.
• Ability to conduct audits and ensure compliance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a group of 12 schools in Wolverhampton.
• Deliver annual compliance and audits in schools.
• Support operations management with administrative tasks.

Job description

Company 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 looking for an Area Support Manager to supervise a group of 12 schools including primary and secondary schools in Wolverhampton. Are you a Catering Manager with multi-site experience ready to make the next move in your career? Are you looking to develop your skills in operations and people management? Then we may have the role for you.

The role includes delivering annual ESB compliance & auditing in schools, ensuring that the company’s reputation for food quality and service is enhanced and administering unit controls and keeping company records across all sites within your remit. In addition to this, you will need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up and help the teams when needed to cover absence by cooking in our schools. You will report to the Operations Manager and support them with the people administration for your sites as well as ordering, stock take, audits and added value sessions such as taster sessions and Parents' Evenings.

You could have the opportunity to work for a growing and supportive business where no two days are the same! Successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including :

• Salary - Up to £30,000 per annum
• Hours - Monday to Friday and working term-time only plus up to 10 additional days as required
• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to 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. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work / life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• 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!
• Our Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme