Term-Time School Catering Manager | Lead Kitchen & Quality

Caterlink; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Wellbeing services

Pension scheme

Job summary

Caterlink in Cambridge is hiring a Catering Manager for Jeavons Wood, working term-time only with no weekends. The role is 30 hours per week across Monday to Friday, aligned with the school calendar (190 days per year).

You will lead food preparation, cooking and presentation to Caterlink and client standards, ensure health and safety compliance, manage daily operations and budgets, and act as the main client contact at the school.

Qualifications

• 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

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 in Cambridge is hiring a Catering Manager for Jeavons Wood, working term-time only with no weekends. The role is 30 hours per week across Monday to Friday, aligned with the school calendar (190 days per year).

You will lead food preparation, cooking and presentation to Caterlink and client standards, ensure health and safety compliance, manage daily operations and budgets, and act as the main client contact at the school.