Education Catering Operations Manager

WSH Group; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK catering company seeks an Education Catering Operations Manager to oversee catering operations within schools. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in the catering and operational management sectors, demonstrating strong skills in leadership, client relationship building, and a commercial mindset. The role requires overseeing multiple locations and ensuring high standards of health and safety along with quality service delivery. Competitive salary and benefits provided, including bonuses and private healthcare.

Benefits

Competitive salary plus performance-related bonus

Monthly car allowance or company car

33 days holiday including bank holidays

Workplace Pension Scheme

Private health care with BUPA

Fully expensed company laptop and mobile phone

Access to Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Blended learning programme with qualification opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in catering and operational management.
• Ability to lead and develop teams effectively.
• Strong client relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee catering operations across multiple schools.
• Ensure adherence to KPIs in Health & Safety and Quality.
• Drive client satisfaction and operational efficiency.

Skills

Catering and operational management experience

Leadership and motivation skills

Commercial awareness

Job description

Education Catering Operations Manager - Multiple Opportunities

• Full-time
• Employment Type: Permanent - 52 Weeks

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.

We are looking for experienced Operations Managers to work for our growing business up and down the country! Previous catering and operational management experience is essential. This is a 52-week role working Monday – 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 Finance. In 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.

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 isn’t always a luxury in a business operating 52 weeks of the year