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Education Catering Operations Manager

WSH Group

Lancashire

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

A leading educational services firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Operations Manager to oversee a group of schools, including primary and secondary institutions. The ideal candidate must have a robust background in catering and operational management, demonstrating leadership and team development. This full-time role offers a competitive salary, performance-related bonuses, and numerous benefits, including private healthcare and a monthly car allowance.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus a performance-related bonus

Monthly car allowance or company car

33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays

Eligibility to join Workplace Pension Scheme

Private health care with BUPA

Fully expensed company laptop mobile phone

Access to Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP

Blended learning programme for development

Qualifications

Extensive experience in catering and operational management is essential.
Ability to lead, motivate teams, and develop strong client relationships.
Preparedness to assist teams and handle KPIs.

Responsibilities

Manage operations across a group of schools.
Create strong client relationships and develop teams.
Ensure adherence to health, safety, and retention KPIs.

Skills

IVR

Program Management

Classroom Experience

Special Education

Adult Education

Salesforce

Teaching

Curriculum Development

CRM Software

Public Speaking

Supervising Experience

Toddler Care

We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to manage a group of schools that will be a mix of primary schools, secondary schools, and colleges. Previous catering and operational management experience is essential. This is a 52-week role working Monday to Friday.

At Caterlink we very much believe that people work for people so we want you to have bags of confidence and credibility be able to lead and motivate and really develop your teams bring them along with you and create strong client relationships across your portfolio of schools. Being commercially astute is also essential for this role and in addition to this you will need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up and help the teams when you need to.

We believe that living by our KPIs is key to success - Health & Safety Retention Quality and addition to this if you believe that People Perception Passion and Pride could also enhance your growth success and development then this may be the role for you and we would love to hear from you!

Successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure. Salary dependant on experience

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 :

Competitive salary plus a performance-related bonus
Monthly car allowance or company car
33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
You will be eligible to join our Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva
Private health care with BUPA
Fully expensed company laptop mobile phone
Virtual GP for you and your family (eligibility rules apply)
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 Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
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.
As our core business is mainly in term time the school breaks do enable the opportunity to catch up and plan for the next term which isnt always a luxury in a business operating 52 weeks of the year