Trust Catering Manager

Teaching Vacancies; North Ferriby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff benefits platform

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Family-friendly policies

East Riding Pension Scheme

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

The Education Alliance is seeking a Trust Catering Manager to lead catering across the trust, ensuring high-quality, compliant and financially sustainable provision for pupils, staff and visitors. You will drive standards and improvements across multiple schools.

The post is based at South Hunsley School in Melton, with travel to TEAL schools as required. It is a permanent, full-time role (term-time plus 74 hours) paid on TEAL’s Associate Pay Scale (£31,758 – £38,510) depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing catering across multiple sites or large-scale catering services.
• Knowledge of school food standards.
• Understanding of food safety legislation, health and safety requirements, and allergen management.
• Confidence using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership of catering services across the trust, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and financially sustainable catering provision for pupils, staff, and visitors.
• Lead and support Catering Managers and catering teams across multiple schools, ensuring consistent standards, continuous improvement, and alignment with trust values, statutory requirements, and commercial best practice.
• Travel to TEAL schools to provide support as required.

Skills

Catering management across sites

School food standards

Food safety & health & safety

Allergen management

IT systems confidence

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an experienced individual with a high level of transferrable knowledge and skills.

You will have:

• Experience of managing catering across multiple sites or large-scale catering services.
• Knowledge of school food standards.
• understanding of food safety legislation, health and safety requirements, and allergen management.

What the school offers its staff

In addition to joining a team where staff experience an enjoyable, varied and rewarding working environment we can also offer you:

• A culture of ethical leadership, professional trust and care, where everyone is valued
• Access to our staff benefits platform, including major brand discounts, a salary sacrifice car scheme and a cycle to work scheme
• Family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity, adoption and neonatal pay
• Membership of the East Riding Pension Scheme with excellent long-term benefits
• A comprehensive wellbeing offer, including discounted gym memberships, free flu vaccinations, prescription support, Employee Assistance Programme and 24/7 access to a Virtual GP

Further details about the role

The Trust Catering Manager will provide strategic and operational leadership of catering services across the trust, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, compliant, and financially sustainable catering provision for pupils, staff, and visitors. The postholder will lead and support Catering Managers and catering teams across multiple schools, ensuring consistent standards, continuous improvement, and alignment with trust values, statutory requirements, and commercial best practice.

The role is based at South Hunsley School in Melton due to its close proximity to the TEAL building, however, you will be required to travel to other TEAL schools to provide support as required.

The role is permanent, up to full-time, and will be paid on TEAL's Associate Pay Scale, scale point 23-26 (£31,758 - £38,510) depending on experience. The role is term-time, plus an additional 74 hours to be worked during school closure periods.

About Us

The Education Alliance brings together a diverse family of seven primary schools, four secondary schools, an alternative provision and a School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) provider.

Together, we are driven by a shared purpose: to make great schools and happier, stronger communities so that people have better lives.

We would welcome the opportunity to give you a tour of South Hunsley and TDC, so please don’t hesitate to contact Freya Dobson (HR Officer) on 01482 631208 or by email via [e-mail] if you would like to visit or find out more.

In addition to joining a team where staff experience an enjoyable, varied and rewarding working environment we can also offer you:

• A culture of ethical leadership, professional trust and care, where everyone is valued
• Access to our staff benefits platform, including major brand discounts, a salary sacrifice car scheme and a cycle to work scheme
• Family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity, adoption and neonatal pay
• Membership of the East Riding Pension Scheme with excellent long-term benefits
• A comprehensive wellbeing offer, including discounted gym memberships, free flu vaccinations, prescription support, Employee Assistance Programme and 24/7 access to a Virtual GP

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced individual with a high level of transferrable knowledge and skills.

You will have:

Confidence using IT systems

Experience of managing catering across multiple sites or large-scale catering services.

Knowledge of school food standards.

understanding of food safety legislation, health and safety requirements, and allergen management.

Experience in a similar role is desirable as is prior experience of the education sector, but these are not essential requirements, as training will be provided.

Our ideal candidate will be deeply committed to the values in our ethical behaviour charter as outlined in the Job Description.

Full details of the role and our requirements are set out in the Job Description and Person Specification.

The deadline for completed application forms is 9am on Thursday 5th November 2026. We look forward to receiving your application and we will contact you once your application has been reviewed.

Internal candidates (those already working for TEAL) should contact [e-mail] for access to an expression of interest link.

The Education Alliance is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service prior to appointment and we undertake an online check, in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 guidance.

The Education Alliance’s Child Protection Policy can be accessed at: https://theeducationalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Child-Protection-Policy.pdf

Commitment to safeguarding

South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required prior to appointment and we undertake an online check, in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 guidance. The school’s Strategic Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be accessed at: Strategic-Child-Protection-and-Safeguarding-Policy-2023-v3.docx.pdf (southhunsley.org.uk) and the Education Alliance’s Child Protection Policy can be accessed at: https://theeducationalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Child-Protection-Policy.pdf