Kitchen Manager

Lees Brook Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 4QX

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 August 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  28 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, All year round.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: From £31,067 - £34,314 per annum. (FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Be responsible for all supplies and food being delivered into the kitchen areas ensuring quality and that all food meets the food hygiene requirements.
• Responsibility for and supervision of all health and safety practices in the kitchen.
• Responsibility for and supervision of all food hygiene in the kitchen, ensuring that HACCP standards are maintained.
• Supervision of all requisitions of food and forwarding of monthly information to finance for recharging of other departments.
• Menu development – Get involved and collaborate within the team to produce dishes for upcoming menus, for all provision of catering taking into account all nutritional and allergen requirements and value for money.
• Prepare all food types including the preparation of special functions and banquets.
• Ensure that all food sold is labelled with relevant allergen information in accordance with current legislation and standards.
• Ensure all food storage is adequately labelled and food hygiene standards and best practice is adhered to.
• Be responsible for the service of food as required.
• Line management of the Junior Chef, Catering Assistants, Apprentice Catering Assistants and other catering staff.
• Training of staff and induction of new staff.
• Reporting any health and safety issues to the Catering Manager.
• Responsibility for orders with suppliers using the Trust procurement software.
• Report any food hygiene issues to the Catering Manager.
• Adhere to the Trust policies and procedures at all times.
• Responsible for the daily cashing up and arrange safe transportation of cash to the finance department.

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

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.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the satisfactory completion of an enhanced DBS check, Barred List check, the receipt of satisfactory references, online searches and any other statutory checks that are required for the post. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lees Brook Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1101 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lees Brook Academy website
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 01332576777
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lees-brook-community-school-derby

Lees Brook Community School is committed to working with pupils and their parents to enable each youngster to achieve success in all areas of life – academic, personal, physical, social;Raising standards of achievement, increasing access and widening participation in PE and Sport for everyone in our school, partner schools, wider community and Derby City;Changing the culture for learning in our community by raising self-esteem, recognising achievement, promoting pride within the local area and providing pathways for talented performers;Building a community for learning in which everyone (pupils, parents, staff, governors, and the wider community) sees learning as a life-long process for them to engage in.

At Lees Brook, we believe how we learn is as important as what we learn and the kind of person we each become matters as much as what we achieve. Each of us is responsible for our actions and our behaviour; each one of us has a right to feel safe, secure and free from bullying in school; each one of us has a right to learn and achieve at the highest level we are capable of. The way in which we deal with other people matters, so we should always treat other people as we would wish to be treated and we learn from our mistakes as well as our successes.

Lees Brook is a school that cares for the people within it. We have a uniquely inclusive school which allows everyone to succeed. Our safe, successful and positive learning community ensures that every student is able to fulfil their potential; but more than that, to also become well rounded young people who will go on and thrive in the world of work.

Mrs Z House - Headteacher

Arranging a visit to Lees Brook Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@archwaytrust.co.uk.

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