School Catering Manager

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Bolton Council is seeking an experienced catering supervisor to take overall responsibility for the school catering operation at St Pauls Primary School. This permanent role is term-time only and involves 27.50 hours per week on-site.

The successful candidate will have NVQ level 2 (catering) or City & Guilds qualifications, and will be prepared to work towards recognised nutrition and food safety qualifications. DBS checks apply, and sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Essential catering qualifications as listed in the job spec.
• Proficiency in portion control, budgets and ordering for large-scale catering.
• Willingness to work towards recognised nutrition/food safety qualifications if not already held.

Responsibilities

• The overall management of a school catering operation and ensuring quality and consistency of service.
• Monitor budgets and ordering for large-scale catering.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards and policies.

Education

NVQ level 2 (catering) or City & Guilds (catering) qualifications or equivalent

Recognised Nutrition Qualification Level 2 or above

Recognised Food Safety Qualification Level 2 or above

Job description

Grade D Scp 6 £13.91 to Scp 11 £15.06 per hour

Contract permanent, Term-Time Only

Essential Qualifications, NVQ level 2 (catering) or City & Guilds (catering) Qualifications or equivalent, Recognised Nutrition Qualification Level 2 or above (Desirable must be willing to work towards) Recognised Food Safety Qualification Level 2 or above.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For further information about this role, contact [e-mail]

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role:

The overall management of a school catering operation, monitoring and controlling the catering service to ensure that quality and consistency of service are always maintained.

Location and hours:

St Pauls Primary School 27.50 hours

About You:

Excellent practical skills are essential for this hands-on role. You will need to be determined, energetic with good organisational skills, used to cooking for large numbers, and ideally have a school catering background with an understanding of portion control, budgets and ordering.

About Us:

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council's policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or 'unbroken' service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

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