Head of Kitchen
Old Trafford Community Academy, Manchester, M15 4FL13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st August 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
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
- £28,624.00 - £30,559.00 Annually (FTE) This post is offered on a 39 weeks per contract at 32.5 hours per week
Head of Kitchen job summary
Head of Kitchen
This is a permanent role working 32.5 hours per week term time only, a total of 39 weeks, 38 term time weeks and an additional 5 days, some of which may be required to work during holiday periods to meet training requirements and other operational needs such as clean down & set up during the summer holiday period.
This is an exciting time to join us as we start a new catering contract working alongside our Catering Business Partner ABM Catering Solutions.
Our successful candidate will be someone who is willing to work as part of the whole school team, to ensure that our pupils receive high quality meals each day, whilst maintaining a safe & hygienic environment. You will be able to ensure that we meet & maintain the School Food Standards.
Above all, you will help to ensure that lunch time becomes an indispensable part of our school day and helps to complement our pupils learning experience
To succeed in this role you will need to be flexible in your approach to work, be able to work as part of a team as well and have excellent standards and expectations of what our school should look like.
You will have great experience of food preparation, cooking & serving in a busy environment. You will be expected to support the Headteacher & Business Manager in planning and preparing termly menu plans that meet the School Food Standards. Working with our partners ABM catering, it will be your responsibility to manage manage the day to day running of the kitchen, stock control, cleaning , hygiene to which extent a knowledge of HACCP & COSHH will be needed
As Head of Kitchen you will be responsible for the direct line management of the kitchen team with support from ABM and the School Business Manager
As you will be working in a school environment, you must have the ability to work well with and relate to children. Our school has a diverse cultural population as well as a number of children with additional needs.
As part of Focus-Trust, Old Trafford Comunity Academy is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. There is an explicit expectation that all staff, trustees, governors and volunteers share this commitment and adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures. Applicants should be aware that the recruitment process will include an assessment of your suitability to work with children and must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Focus-Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.
Commitment to safeguarding
Old Trafford Community Academy is committed to safeguarding children, and this commitment is reflected in our recruitment processes.
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 Old Trafford Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 393 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Old Trafford Community Academy website
Old Trafford Community Academy is a very special place. We have a very diverse school community, with an equally diverse range of strengths and needs. We are ambitious for all our children, and committed to going the extra mile to remove barriers to learning. We aim to be a community school in the widest sense of the word, supporting children within the context of their family and their wider communities.
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