Assistant Catering Manager

Landau Forte Academy Moorhead, Derby, Derbyshire, DE24 0AN

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  29 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Competitive
• Additional allowances:

  Competitive

Assistant Catering Manager job summary

Our opportunity for you

We have a job vacancy for an Assistant Catering Manager who will support with planning, organising and developing the food and beverage services of the Academy, whilst meeting the Academy’s expectations, food and hygiene standards and financial targets.

Do you want to work with inquisitive children and collaborative staff? Do you value being at the heart of a vibrant city? Does this sound like your perfect job?

Then Landau Forte Academy Moorhead is the place for you.

Key information

Hours: 36.25

Weeks: Term Time + 5

Contract: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Salary: Competitive

Closing Date: 9am Monday 8 September 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 9 September 2025

What we can offer you

A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment

The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students

Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust

A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health

Person specification

Experience

Experience of working in a large scale catering operation.

Ability to work to budgets and achieve cost ratios in a supporting capacity.

Supporting delivery of an effective operational catering service to meet customer and client need.

An ability to increase sales.

Qualifications/Training

NVQ 2 in Catering (or recognised equivalent qualification).

Knowledge/Skills

Excellent communication, organisational and administrative skills.

A sound business sense and strong commercial awareness.

Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practice/legislation.

Able to work constructively as part of a team and on own initiative.

Able to organise, lead and motivate other staff.

Demonstrate the understanding and ability to maintain a safe and hygienic working environment.

Good understanding and ability to use specialist equipment/resources.

Able to plan and develop systems.

Able to relate well to children and to adults.

Able to establish excellent working relationships with staff and customers at all levels.

Strong commitment to:

− The aims and objectives of the organisation;

− The principles of continuous development;

− The development of individuals and teams.

Able to deal with and prioritise multiple demands on time and work well under pressure.

Able to work to deadlines.

Behavioural Attributes

Customer focused.

Has a friendly yet professional and respectful approach which demonstrates support and shows mutual respect.

Open, honest and an active listener.

Takes responsibility and accountability.

Committed to the needs of the pupils, parents and other stakeholders and challenge barriers and blocks to providing an effective service.

Demonstrates a “can do” attitude including suggesting solutions, participating, trusting and encouraging others and achieving expectations.

Is committed to the provision and improvement of quality service provision.

Is adaptable to change/embraces and welcomes change.

Acts with pace and urgency being energetic, enthusiastic and decisive.

Communicates effectively.

Has the ability to learn from experiences and challenges.

Is committed to the continuous development of self and others by keeping up to date and sharing knowledge, encouraging new ideas, seeking new opportunities and challenges, open to ideas and developing new skills.

Job description

Key areas/key tasks/main duties

• Ensure students receive an exciting and varied catering service available throughout the Academy day.
• Comply with current food safety legislation.
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety policies and procedures.
• Ensure safe use of equipment and materials.
• Operate everyday equipment in accordance with instructions.
• Support Catering Manager in making daily quality and safety checks on equipment.
• In conjunction with Catering Manager, monitor and manage stock and supplies, cataloguing as required and ensuring hygienic storage in accordance with domestic and catering standards.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen in accordance with domestic and catering standards.
• Develop good working relationships with the suppliers of food and cleaning materials.
• Maintain specialist equipment, check for quality and safety and report other damage.
• Demonstrate and assist others in safe and effective use of specialist equipment and materials.
• Direct other staff in cooking activities.
• Organise cooking routines to comply with specified standard.
• Train new staff in Health, Safety and food hygiene issues as appropriate.
• Ensure effective portion control and minimise wastage.
• Design menus and calculate costings.
• Deputise for the Catering Manager in their absence.

Operational

• Ensure the provision of a food service throughout the Academy day as required.
• Present food in a way that is attractive and encourages healthier choices.
• In conjunction with the Catering Manager, supervise the preparation of ingredients for meals.
• Support the Catering Manager in organising and supervising food service, to include catering for special functions and external caterings as required.
• Undertake skilled cooking activities connected to a full range of menu provision.
• In conjunction with the Catering Manager, oversee the preparation of healthy, nutritionally balanced menus that meet the Government’s national nutritional standards for school lunches.
• Ensure that clean and dirty processes are kept separate.
• Ensure that cooked and raw foods are kept separate during preparation, cooking and serving process.

Resources

• Support the Catering Manager in ensuring the maintenance of a clean and orderly working environment.

• Undertake basic record keeping as directed.
• Report faulty equipment and other maintenance requirements to the appropriate person.
• Comply with school security arrangements, i.e. securing entrances and exits as appropriate and reporting potential security breaches.
• Support the Catering Manager in actively promoting the Academy’s meal service to parents and pupils to increase awareness of healthy eating and the uptake of healthy school meals, e.g. attendance at parents’ evenings.

Responsibilities

• Support the Catering Manager in managing kitchen staff including the replacement cover for staff on sick leave, training etc. in accordance with the procedure.
• In conjunction with the Catering Manager, ensure that all meals and drinks served comply with current legislation or guidance as well as with the whole Academy food policy.
• Attend relevant meetings as required.
• Participate in training and other learning activities as required.
• Have an awareness of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and security, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Have an awareness of the Academy curriculum where it involves food and nutrition and to extend learning to the Restaurant if appropriate.

About The Trust

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.

We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.

Landau Forte Academy Moorhead

Landau Forte Academy Moorhead joined the Landau Forte family of academies in September 2012. We are a 4 - 11 primary academy under new leadership, pleasantly situated close to Derby city centre. We unashamedly have high expectations of all children at the Academy and this is supported by our highly dedicated tutorial and support staff.

The local area

Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The Academy is located just a few minutes’ drive away from Derby city centre.

Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.

Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25

London is 90 minutes away by train

East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away

Apply for this job

Complete the application form online

Visit www.lfct.org.uk/careers

All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV.UK.

The Trust will conduct all necessary searches and checks as relevant and in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines, our Safer Recruitment policy can be found on our website at www.lfct.org.uk

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Landau Forte Academy Moorhead

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 222 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Landau Forte Academy Moorhead website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/landau-forte-academy-moorhead

Landau Forte Academy Moorhead joined the Landau Forte family of academies in September 2012. We are a 4 – 11 primary academy under new leadership, pleasantly situated close to Derby city centre. We unashamedly have high expectations of all children at the Academy and this is supported by our highly dedicated tutorial and support staff.
The local area
Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The Academy is located just a few minutes’ drive away from Derby city centre.
Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.
• Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25
• London is 90 minutes away by train
• East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away
If you would like to arrange a school visit please contact Tom Cafferky, Assistant Headteacher, post@lfadm.org.uk

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