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Catering Operations Manager

Extend Learning Academies Network, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8BH

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• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37 hours per week. Term time (39 weeks per year) plus 4 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 34314

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will be:

• aligned to our values and mission. If you share the same values and embrace our culture, you will love working here
• someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs
• someone who has the passion, drive and commitment to develop all aspects of our catering services in our nine schools
• someone who has a reputation for delivering positive outcomes through leading and managing change

What the school offers its staff

What you can expect:

• we help you take care of your future with a pension contribution well above average.
• we help you take care of your family, by offering five paid care days (on a pro rata basis). For more information about all of our benefits, please visit our benefits page.
• we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone is valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities. Our goal is to ensure that every pupil and staff member feels included and supported, encouraging a community where everyone can thrive together.
• we provide quality, ongoing professional development and network opportunities, and clear pathways for career growth, enabling you to learn new skills.

Further details about the role

• We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and motivated Catering Operations Manager to lead and develop the multi-academy trust’s catering services.

This is a new role and offers you the opportunity to plan, implement and lead a new in-house catering start up project across the trust of nine primary schools. You will create and lead the development and implementation of this new catering service for our 3,000 pupils. We are looking for a hands-on, approachable leader who possesses imaginative and creative ideas to transform the trusts catering services.

You will be responsible for leading a team of onsite catering teams to deliver an exceptionally high standard of catering provision which conforms to all applicable food law, legislation, standards, compliance and policies.

As the Trust Catering Operations Manager for ELAN, you will be responsible for the performance of the whole trust catering provision, developing the delivery of healthy and high-quality meals that meet government school food standards.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Catering Operations Manager_JD_Feb 25 v.2.pdf - 147 KB (opens in new tab)

About Extend Learning Academies Network

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: hr@extendlearning.org
• Phone number: 01934 313383
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/extend-learning-academies-network (opens in new tab)

Arranging a visit to Extend Learning Academies Network

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@extendlearning.org.

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