Kitchen Manager
Shaldon Primary School, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 0DD8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
22 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hrs a week - 08.00 - 14.00
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- E 18
Hourly rate
- £15.84
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a dynamic Kitchen Manager to join us in January 2025 at our new purpose built kitchen at Shaldon Primary School, to be a part of an incredible team, you will be managing a team, and be responsible for the day to day catering operations, providing a lunchtime hot meal service to the pupils and staff.
We are looking for a dedicated, professional and personable individual with a can do attitude. You must have previous experience of working in catering and have a good knowledge of food hygiene and preparation. A Level 2 award in Food Safety in Catering qualification or equivalent will be required for the role.
The main purpose of the role is to oversee the preparation of meals, organise food service and the purchase of food; supervision of staff
Key Duties
Operational
- Undertake skilled cooking activities connected to the full range of menu provision, for example meal planning, portion control, special dietary needs.
- Oversee the preparation of healthy, nutritionally balanced menus that meet the government’s national nutritional standards for school lunches.
- Supervise the preparation of ingredients for meals
- Organise and supervise food service this may include transportation of meals
- Present nutritious foods in ways that children will find attractive
- To include an element of hospitality catering for Head Office functions
Maintenance of hygiene
- Ensure that catering practice complies with appropriate health and safety legislation.
Administration
- Supervise the purchase and storage of food to ensure compliance with stator requirements.
Resources
- Actively promote the school meals service to pupils and parents to increase awareness of healthy eating and the uptake of school meals.
- Ordering and recording of all ingredients used and stock taking.
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and productive working environment
- Maintain records as requested
- Plan menus, following guidelines on nutrition and healthy eating
- Ensure availability to staff of equipment and supplies
- Monitor and manage supplies within an agreed budget, cataloguing and undertaking audits as required.
- Refill and replace consumables
- Report faulty equipment and other maintenance requirements to an appropriate person
- Maintain the security of the school premise by securing entrances/exits as appropriate and reporting potential security breaches.
- Ensure security of the school kitchen including freezers and stock cupboards etc
- Ensure lights and other equipment are switched off as appropriate
- Supervision and direction of other staff including allocation of duties and work rotas.
What the school offers its staff
Trust Ethos and Mission statement
Excellence through cultivating character, sharing talents and pursuing excellence.
All members of the team employed by the Academies for Character and Excellence support and promote the Trusts mission and vision and promotes character education which is a values led approach. Our Trust values and ethos enable us to fulfil our mission of transformation through making a positive difference to ourselves, others and the world around us
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shaldon Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 203 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Shaldon Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk
- Phone number
- 07762 859361
Arranging a visit to Shaldon Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@acexcellence.co.uk.
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