Education Catering Regional Operations Manager

WSH Group; Essex; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational service provider in Essex seeks an experienced Operations Manager to oversee a group of 15 schools. This full-time position requires strong operational management skills and the ability to lead and motivate diverse teams. Responsibilities include managing daily operations, enhancing client relationships, and achieving performance goals. The role offers a competitive salary, bonuses, and comprehensive benefits including health care and a car allowance. Join us to make a difference in education and foster team growth.

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

Virtual GP for you and your family

Employee Discount Platform access

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in catering and operational management is required.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams across multiple locations.
• Commercially astute with strong client relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a group of 15 schools in Essex.
• Ensure successful operations and adherence to KPIs.
• Support teams when necessary to achieve goals.

Skills

Cost Accounting

Fund Management

General Management

Facilities Management

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to manage a group of 15 schools in Essex which are within a one-hour radius (approximately). This 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 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

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Skills

Cost Accounting,Fund Management,General Management,Facilities Management,Domestic,Airlines

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1