Swanley Caterlink - Relief Chef Manager, MUST DRIVE 27.5 hours

BaxterStorey; Swanley; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering company is seeking a Relief Chef Manager to support site-based teams in delivering nutritious meals to schools across the UK. This mobile role requires good communication skills, health and safety awareness, and a passion for food. You will cover for team absences and ensure consistent meal quality. This position offers work-life balance with a term-time schedule and no weekends, along with opportunities for personal development such as training and discounts on various services.

Benefits

Blended learning programme

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Eligibility for Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Must have sound health and safety and food safety knowledge.
• Good understanding of GP calculations and IT literacy skills.
• Experience in a similar environment at a similar level.

Responsibilities

• Support site-based teams with food service across various locations.
• Ensure provision of nutritionally balanced and tasty food.
• Cover sites through absences or additional requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Health and safety knowledge

Food safety knowledge

Cooking skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Company Description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

Caterlink are looking for a Relief Chef Manager to support our existing site-based teams in ensuring our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We serve thousands of meals every day across the UK and want this exceptional service to our schools and colleges to continue.

This role will be a mobile based role so you will need to have your own transport. We want you to be well presented, organised and possess great communication skills and have a genuine passion for what you do. We really want you to demonstrate a real passion for food and service, having worked in a similar environment at a similar level. The role will be hands on, covering sites through absences or holidays or where there is an additional requirement for support. You must have sound health and safety and food safety knowledge as well as a good understanding of GP calculations and IT literacy skills will massively help you be successful in the role.You must also be able to cook.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work / life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme