SLLC 5468 - Catering Manager - 486109

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture; Hamilton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UK Local government pension scheme

Sick pay

Flexible working and leave

Employee discounts - cinema

Cycle to Work Scheme

Job summary

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is seeking an experienced Catering Manager to lead our catering and bar services at Chatelherault Country Park in Hamilton. You will manage all aspects of the cafe and hospitality service, ensuring food quality, customer service, health and safety, and commercial performance while developing a dedicated catering team.

The role involves managing café operations, menu development, budget control, staff leadership, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene

Qualifications

• REHIS Intermediate Food Hygiene qualification.
• Experience managing catering operations, including events and hospitality functions.
• Knowledge of food safety legislation and compliance.
• Strong leadership, organisational and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage café operations.
• Develop menus and control budgets.
• Lead and motivate catering staff.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene and health & safety legislation.
• Manage stock control, cash handling and purchasing.
• Support hospitality events, banqueting and weddings.
• Lead in the kitchen preparing, cooking, and serving high-quality meals and refreshments for weddings, banqueting events, and traditional cream teas.

Skills

REHIS Intermediate Food Hygiene

Experience managing catering

Food safety legislation

Leadership

Customer service

Job description

Job Description

Location: Chatelherault Country Park, Ferniegair, Hamilton

Hours: 35 hours per week

Work Pattern:

Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

Week 2: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

Hours: 8am - 3pm / 10am - 5pm

Salary: £31,242 - £31,625 per annum

Duration: Permanent

Job Profile: Click here to view

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Catering Manager to lead our catering and bar services at the stunning Chatelherault Country Park.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated catering professional to manage all aspects of our café and hospitality service, ensuring the highest standards of food quality, customer service, health and safety, and commercial performance. You will play a key role in delivering exceptional customer experiences while leading and developing a dedicated catering team.

What you'll do:

• Manage café operations.
• Develop menus and control budgets.
• Lead and motivate catering staff.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene and health & safety legislation.
• Manage stock control, cash handling and purchasing.
• Support hospitality events, banqueting and weddings.
• Lead in the kitchen preparing, cooking, and serving high-quality meals and refreshments for weddings, banqueting events, and traditional cream teas.

What you'll bring:

• REHIS Intermediate Food Hygiene qualification.
• Experience managing catering operations, including events and hospitality functions.
• Knowledge of food safety legislation and compliance.
• Strong leadership, organisational and customer service skills.

The role will require flexibility to work evenings and weekends in line with the operational needs of the venue.

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Any candidate canvassing elected members or employees, either directly or indirectly, in relation to recruitment, will immediately be disqualified.

If you are passionate about delivering high-quality food and customer experiences while leading a successful team, we'd love to hear from you.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of twelve months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

Equal Opportunities and Inclusion statement

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position.

As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture SCIO, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• To increase the value of their pension pot, employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave which will be calculated into hours on commencement of the role.
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave
• Employee Discounts - including discounts at the cinema
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)