20 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£18,002.00 - £19,118.00 Annually (Actual) 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Chef Manager job summary

We are looking for a Chef Manager to join our team here at Skegby Junior Academy!

The working hours are 7am - 1pm Monday - Friday.

The successful candidate must:

  • Hold an NVQ 3 or equivalent in catering, or a willingness to work towards it.
  • Hold a Food Hygiene certificate.
  • Have knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and Risk Assessments.
  • Have previous catering/cooking experience in education or volume catering.
  • Be familiar with ordering, budgets, invoice processing, and stock control.
  • Have an awareness of the Governments Healthy Eating Initiative and allergen legislation.
  • Have experience of managing staff.
  • Be familiar with using a Catering Software system.

About us:

At the Skegby Junior Academy, we provide a high-quality education for all our pupils, enhanced by a caring and positive atmosphere and underpinned by our SMART Values. We know that pupils learn more effectively if they feel valued, happy and secure.

Our children have access to a broad and balanced curriculum and are able to develop their physical skills through a range of activities, after-school clubs and competitions. We place high expectations on our children and work hard together to help them achieve success.

We give children opportunities to become effective learners through our five ‘R’s, (reflective, relationships, resilience, resourcefulness and risk-taking), which will give them the flexibility to adapt to an ever-changing world.

In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:

Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.

  • A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
  • Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
  • Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
  • Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
  • Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
  • Dedicated ECT support programme
  • Access to exclusive offers and discounts of up to 20% across Dell systems and electronics
  • Access to savings in childcare costs
  • Supporting professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
  • Generous annual leave allocation
  • Automatic pay progression
  • Free parking on all sites
  • Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
  • Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

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 are not accepted.

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About Skegby Junior Academy

School type
Academy, ages 7 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
174 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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