Mobile Kitchen Manager

Norse Group LTD; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Mileage paid 55p per mile

Company pension and sickness scheme

Access to discounts and benefits

Development opportunities

Job summary

South West Norse is seeking a Mobile Kitchen Manager to support sites across the Plymouth and Ivybridge region on a part-time, permanent basis. The role involves delivering menus with locally sourced ingredients and supervising a small on-site team to ensure meals are prepared to a high standard.

You will manage school catering, accommodate modified diets, contribute to menu planning and costing, and work a 9:30am–2:30pm schedule, Monday to Friday, term time only.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a busy kitchen environment and coordinating catering staff.
• Knowledge of menu development and costing with focus on healthy meals.
• Relevant Food Hygiene qualification with practical catering experience.
• Full Driving Licence is essential for a mobile role.

Responsibilities

• Manage the catering department for children within the school.
• Provide input on modified diets and allergy/sensory considerations.
• Assist with menu planning and costing to deliver nutritious lunchtimes.
• Lead and direct a small on-site team to ensure on-time, high-quality preparation.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Menu development & costing

Food Hygiene qualification

Full driving licence

Education

Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Mobile Kitchen Manager required at South West Norse

Plymouth and South Hams area

£30,768.63 pro rata (based on a 40-hour working week) – Equates to £14.79 per hour

20 hours per week

Monday to Friday, between 9:30am - 2:30pm, Term time only

South West Norse have an opportunity for a Mobile Kitchen Manager to join our team and support our sites across the Plymouth and Ivybridge region on part‑time, permanent basis.

You will use your skills and experience to deliver an exciting and varied menu that utilises locally sourced and healthy ingredients, delivering an excellent level of customer service for the school. You will be responsible for managing catering department for children within the school. This role includes provision of modified diets, catering for allergies and sensory needs etc

Providing input into menu planning and costing, you will help us deliver a catering service that provides a nutritional lunchtime meal, leading and directing a small on‑site team to ensure preparation is delivered on‑time and to high quality standards.

Your Experience:

• Alongside your passion for catering and enthusiasm for establishing a brand‑new kitchen service, we are looking for you to demonstrate knowledge and experience for the role, including:
• Experience leading a busy kitchen environment, capable of organising catering staff as well as being hands‑on with meal preparation and cooking
• Knowledge of menu development and costing, with a focus on promoting healthy and nutritious meals
• A relevant qualification in Food Hygiene, with experience applying your knowledge within a catering environment
• As a mobile role a Full Driving Licence is an essential requirement for this role

What We Offer:

• 28 days annual leave, including 8 bank holidays.
• Mileage paid to 55p per mile
• Company pension and sickness scheme.
• Access to company discounts and benefits.
• Along with the above, we constantly strive to offer support and development opportunities to all our staff, so you will be encouraged to grow within the role.

You will have the chance to work in a friendly, customer service focused environment, and alongside our company benefits package, you will have the platform to develop within the industry with a national company.

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate; payment will be met by the employer.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the date you applied, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.