Senior Mobile Cook

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust is seeking a highly motivated Senior Mobile Cook to lead high-quality school meals across our network of Trust schools. This role blends hands-on kitchen duties with a broader responsibilities in quality, training and continuous improvement.

You will travel between Trust schools, provide operational support, undertake quality assurance visits, assist with staff training and ensure excellent food safety, compliance and customer service across sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering environment.
• Passionate about delivering high-quality school meals.
• Strong knowledge of food hygiene, health and safety and allergen management.
• Able to travel between Trust schools.
• Organised and proactive with ability to work across multiple sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on kitchen support while contributing to quality, training and improvement.
• Support delivery of catering services across multiple schools.
• Undertake quality assurance visits.
• Assist with staff training and development.
• Ensure high standards of food safety, compliance and customer service.

Skills

Catering experience

Food safety knowledge

Allergen management

Training coaching

Travel between sites

Job description

St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Mobile Cook. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Trust at the beginning of a journey of transition, development, and growth within the multi academy trust.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and adaptable Senior Mobile Cook to support the delivery of high-quality catering services across our family of schools.

This is an exciting opportunity fo a catering practitioner to combine hands-on kitchen support with a wider Trust role focused on quality, training and continuous improvment. Working closely with the Regional Catering Manager, you will provide operational support across schools, undertake quality assurance visits, assist with staff training and development, and help ensure high standards of food safety, compliance and customer service are maintained.

Our Mission:

Our Trust Mission is simple, it is to make Christ known, making lives better for our communities, our children and young people.

Our Values - One of Hope:

Inspired by St Teresa of Calcutta, we are people of hope. We have a complete belief in the future we will build together. By offering our children, staff and schools’ opportunities to grow and flourish, we make aspiration and ambition a reality. Our people, just like St Teresa are relentless and fiercely ambitious. We will always reach for that which seems to be just out of our grasp.

One of Courage:

As modelled for us by St Teresa of Calcutta, we will have the courage to do what is right. As a community, we will not shy away from making decisions that ensure our communities thrive. We will be brave in our actions. As a truly Catholic organisation this courage will be most apparent in how we collectively support the most vulnerable.

One of Innovation:

St Teresa of Calcutta changed the world. Together, we will always be pursuing new ideas and best practice in all areas of our work. We will prepare our children and young people for the world that awaits them. A world which they will shape and change.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience within a catering environment.
• Is passionate about delivering high-quality school meals.
• Has a strong understanding of food hygiene, health and safety and allergen management requirements.
• Can confidently support and coach colleagues across a range of settings.
• Is organised, proactive and able to work independently across multiple sites.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is able to travel between Trust schools.

We can offer:

• A supportive and dedicated Local Governing Body and Staff.
• Highly effective safeguarding procedures.
• A working environment where all feel valued and respected.
• Supportive colleagues and governors with a clear vision and high aspirations for the school.
• A highly dedicated and inspirational team.
• A commitment to relevant, personalised Continuous Professional Development.
• A happy, calm and welcoming working environment.
• Happy, motivated children who are eager to learn.
• An authentic Catholic community, where families of all faiths and none are welcomed and valued.

This role will involve regular travel between Trust schools and provides an excellent opportunity for a catering professional who wishes to broaden their responsibilities whilst continuing to maintain a strong operational focus.

The Trust is committed to welcoming individuals regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status or whether you are pregnant or on parental leave or from a socio-economic background. We welcome applicants from all communities and from people that identify with those characteristics.

Commitment to Safeguarding:

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1074 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check including Children’s barred list check and satisfactory references, including your suitability to work with children. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Applications will only be considered from individual applicants on our standard application form, and not via CV alone or agencies. An online search will be performed on all shortlisted applicants in accordance with the Trust’s safeguarding procedures and Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a form for self-disclosure of cautions and convictions.

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