Head Chef
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1UL3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,827.30 - £28,827.30 Annually (Actual) Starting Salary: £28,827.30 (FTE £32,677)
Head Chef job summary
37 hours |Monday to Friday | Term Time Only +1
The role:
Can you commit to refuelling our eager pupils? Are you able to provide a professional service to cater for staff, visitors and events? If so, this may be the perfect opportunity for you.
Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School are seeking to appoint a dynamic and highly-skilled Head Chef to manage our busy kitchen. You will oversee the smooth running of the school lunchtime periods, organise effective meal planning and provision and maintain highest standards of safety and hygiene. The Head Chef will directly manage all kitchen staff ensuring that these high standards are driven and training needs are identified.
About you:
In what will be a demanding, varied and extremely rewarding role, you will undertake all aspects of kitchen management from team supervision, stock control, accounting of supply and orders and menu planning. Key skills and experience will include:
- Having previous experience of preparing, cooking and serving food in a large catering operation e.g. school, large restaurant;
- Previous experience in supervision and management of a group of staff;
- Holding relevant catering NVQ (or equivalent) qualifications.
- Being able to promote exceptionally high standards, maintain staff morale and provide healthy meals.
Please see job description for full list of skills, duties and responsibilities.
About us:
At Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School we want the best for every child, regardless of who they are. That is what drives us. Embedding our high standards of behaviour with excellent teaching practices leads to the best educational outcomes. The successful candidate will have access to excellent CPD opportunities within our Academy and across the wider Matrix Academy Trust.
We are committed to fostering a culture that values the health and well-being of all employees at Matrix Academy Trust. We are proud to offer a comprehensive well-being package to all employees, including access to 24/7 online GP, physiotherapy services and counselling services. We also offer all employees annual health checks which includes the flu jab, BMI checks and a general discussion with a qualified Nurse.
You may wish to contact Head of School Mr C Segar: cseager@decschool.co.uk to arrange an informal look at the school.
Application Deadline: 13th June 2025
Please note that suitable candidates will be called for interview and we reserve the right to remove any advertised role early.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Notice:
Matrix Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance and preemployment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education
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.
About Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 770 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School website
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