Term-Time School Kitchen Manager — 40h/Week Lead

Caterlink; St Helens; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services (EAP & Virtual GP)

Pension scheme

Blended learning programme

Job summary

Caterlink is hiring a Chef Manager at St Augustines of Canterbury Catholic Academy, St Helens. The role is term-time only with no weekends, 40 hours per week, and duties include cooking, managing the kitchen, and liaising with the client to deliver high-quality meals for pupils.

The successful candidate will lead a small kitchen team, ensure health and safety standards, manage inventories and budgets, and drive continuous improvements in service at the school site.

Qualifications

• Term-time only role
• No weekends

Responsibilities

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client
• To ensure Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures
• 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 ensure training is completed and performance is managed

Job description

Caterlink is hiring a Chef Manager at St Augustines of Canterbury Catholic Academy, St Helens. The role is term-time only with no weekends, 40 hours per week, and duties include cooking, managing the kitchen, and liaising with the client to deliver high-quality meals for pupils.

The successful candidate will lead a small kitchen team, ensure health and safety standards, manage inventories and budgets, and drive continuous improvements in service at the school site.