26 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    6th May or as soon as possible after this date

  • Closing date

    1 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 April 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

£21,299.00 - £21,636.00 Annually (Actual) Term time plus one week

Kitchen Manager job summary

Sheringham High School is a popular 11-18 school situated on the beautiful North Norfolk Coast. We have a strong sense of community and take pride in our surroundings.

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Kitchen Manager to oversee the smooth operation and management of the school's catering services. The Kitchen Manager will play a crucial role in ensuring that high-quality, nutritious meals are provided for students and staff while maintaining excellent standards of hygiene, safety, and efficiency in the kitchen. This role includes supervising kitchen staff, planning menus, managing resources, and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Previous experience of working in the catering industry or similar field is essential.

We will need you to have excellent communication skills and to be able to demonstrate the ability to lead and manage a team.

Your role will involve:

  • Prepare and cook meals including any special dietary requirements
  • Cleaning duties within the kitchen/dining area
  • Stocktaking/ordering
  • Maintaining all budgets
  • Manage the Food Safety Management System
  • Health & Safety compliance and food hygiene standards
  • Food service to students & staff
  • IT literate
  • Maintain and promote relationships within the school
  • Motivate and develop staff to their full potential
  • A uniform will be provided

This is a challenging but rewarding role which requires excellent interpersonal skills, versatility and flexibility, where you can make a difference to our students and our school community.

We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all staff and volunteers must share the same commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or age.

A visit to the school prior to application is highly recommended. Please contact us to arrange this by telephoning the school and asking to speak to Nikki Clarke. Alternatively email nclarke@sheringhamhigh.org.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Only applications submitted on the official application form will be considered.
Sheringham High School is committed to the protection and safety of its students

Applying for the job

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About Sheringham High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
703 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Sheringham High School website
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Sheringham High School became an Academy in 2011 and is situated on the North Norfolk coast, forty or so minutes from Norwich. Until September 2021, Sheringham High was the central high school in the North Norfolk Academy Trust which has now merged with Synergy MAT.

We are a popular School that caters for over 700 students aged from 11 to 18 who live in Sheringham, Holt and the many surrounding villages. The School occupies a wonderful campus set in its own spacious playing fields with views of the sea.

Visitors comment on the very positive relationships between staff and students, and recognise the focus on learning in a caring and supportive environment. We provide a rich extra-curricular programme that includes a range of artistic, social, technological, literary, linguistic, sporting, dramatic, STEM and musical activities which the appointee should be looking to support.

Our best ambassadors are our students and we warmly welcome potential applicants to visit the School and see it in action.

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