Cook Supervisor

Lime Academy Forest Approach, Romford, Essex, RM3 9YA

18 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 January 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: £22,366.00 - £25,148.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Points 14-19 (this post is for 30 hours a week , 39 weeks term time only plus inset)

Cook Supervisor job summary

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 8 schools over 10 locations across Peterborough and the London Borough's of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and four all-through special schools, with 2400 pupils and over 700 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure:

- Learners are safe and enjoy learning

- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued

- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood

- Employee potential is recognised and invested in

The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.

We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure. The Trust has also added an additional week’s closure, making the school holidays 14 weeks per academic year.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to manage the provision of a high-quality food service and to create a pleasant meal experience which is value for money that meets the Lime Trust’s standard for all pupils, staff and visitors.

The successful candidate will be expected to fulfil the role of lead professional within the kitchen and dining areas, maintaining a high standard in all aspects of professional behaviour and to organise the work and hours of the kitchen staff ensuring sufficient staffing for the working day.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

That they have led and managed a small team
Experience of planning menus, staff rotas and stock monitoring
A secure understanding of how to prepare food in line with specific feeding plans and to cater for all dietary needs and requirements
Experience of working under pressure and to tight deadlines
Good knowledge of food standards regulations, including allergen management
A good understanding of Health & Safety, COSHH and food hygiene regulations/legislation

Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates could be called for interview prior to the closing date. An additional recruitment payment of £1,000 may be awarded after 6 months in post and a further payment after 3 years in post.

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact Coral Decourcy, School Business Manager on 01708 343649 or coral.decourcy@limetrust.org to discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.

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.