School Kitchen Manager: Term-Time Leader, £22/hr

WSH Group; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterlink is hiring a Chef Manager at St Mary's Catholic High School, Bishop Stortford to ensure nutritionally balanced and tasty meals. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those seeking flexibility.

The role involves leading the site, supervising teams, managing inventories and budgets, and driving client-focused improvements. It pays £22 per hour, 40 hours weekly, 39 weeks per year, with safeguarding and training commitments.

Qualifications

• To lead and supervise site teams to deliver high-quality school meals.
• Ensure Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental compliance.
• Maintain Caterlink standards and client satisfaction.
• Oversee inventories, budgets and action plans on site.
• Act as main point of contact for the client at the school.
• Monitor KPIs and financial targets with line manager.
• Train and coach teams to ensure peak performance.

Responsibilities

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client.
• To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures.
• To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans.
• To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented.
• Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved.
• Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed.

Job description

Caterlink is hiring a Chef Manager at St Mary's Catholic High School, Bishop Stortford to ensure nutritionally balanced and tasty meals. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those seeking flexibility.

The role involves leading the site, supervising teams, managing inventories and budgets, and driving client-focused improvements. It pays £22 per hour, 40 hours weekly, 39 weeks per year, with safeguarding and training commitments.