Catering Service Delivery Manager

Teaching Vacancies; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Dixons Academies Trust is recruiting a catering service delivery manager to join our multi-academy trust (MAT) and support the Business Services team as we grow across Leeds, Bradford, Greater Manchester and Liverpool.

The ideal candidate will deliver high-quality food and outstanding customer service, manage stakeholders, and drive service delivery improvements while upholding safeguarding standards and our values. Hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking are available.

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering/food service management role.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Commitment to safeguarding and an inclusive environment.

Skills

Experience in role

Stakeholder management

Customer service

Communication

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.

Interviews will take place on 02 December 2026.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

We are focussed on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy. You can read more about this here.

Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

What the school offers its staff

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional catering service delivery manager to join our multi-academy trust (MAT) and support our Business Services team through the next phase of growth in Leeds, Bradford, Greater Manchester and Liverpool.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience in a similar role
• Have a strong moral purpose and drive for improvement
• Be passionate about delivering high-quality food and customer service
• Demonstrate excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Why choose Dixons Academies Trust?

• We are values driven: we work hard on the things that matter, with humility; we are good and kind; we are motivated by mastery, autonomy and purpose.
• We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years.
• We have launched a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back.
• We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive.
• We have an innovative approach to central operations which allows educators to focus on teaching and learning.
• We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching.
• We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload.
• We offer hybrid working arrangements and free on-site parking.
• We have a wealth of benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (private health, lifestyle benefits and discounts).

Visit our OpenSource Youtube channel to learn more about our approaches and culture.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.