Vocational Cafe Manager

Greenacre School, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 6RG

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  4 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 October 2026

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: £36,581.00 - £39,481.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 7

Vocational Cafe Manager job summary

Vocational Café Manager

£36581- £39481 Full Time / £31745 - £34262 Term Time

A newly created exciting opportunity is available for someone looking for a career in education or a fresh challenge in an inspiring learning environment.

If you are passionate about mentoring young people with complex needs and bringing high quality catering service to our school community, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for an inspiring Vocational Café Manager to lead a brand new vibrant, commercially sustainable business at the heart of our school community. In this unique dual role, you will balance operational excellence with educational purpose, creating a welcoming environment for customers while delivering a structured, safe and transformative vocational training programme that empowers our pupils with real world skills.

Greenacre School is one of the UK’s largest special schools, educating over 300 children and young people with severe and complex learning disabilities. Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education for children and young people aged 3 - 19 with severe and complex needs.

This role requires a flexible approach to hours including occasional weekend work. We are open to discussing different contract types—such as term-time only or full-year (52-week) agreements—with the successful candidate during the interview stage

What you will cook up!

• Lead daily café operations, ensuring high standards in food quality, service, menu development and presentation.

• Create a welcoming and inclusive café experience for all customers fostering a genuine sense of community.

• Deliver hands-on vocational training to our pupils across all café functions (food preparation, customer service, cleaning).

• Manage café finances, stock control, pricing strategies, inventory, supplier negotiations and cashless payment systems in line with Trust regulations.

• Recruit, build and manage a reliable team of café support staff.

What Ingredients you will bring!

• Relevant industry qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3 or higher in Hospitality, Catering, or Business Management).

• Significant and demonstrable experience in a management or supervisory role within the hospitality or catering sector.

• Proven experience of managing, training and motivating a diverse team.

• Experience of working directly with children, young people, or adults with additional and/or Special Educational Needs (SEN), including an understanding of safeguarding principles.

For more information on this fantastic new opportunity at our wonderful school in Barnsley then please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Next Steps

If you are interested in this excellent opportunity simply click APPLY NOW alternatively if you have additional questions or would like to visit the school and cafe please reach out to us: recruitment@sppartnership.co.uk

If you are unsure if you meet all the criteria but have an interest in this opportunity then please do submit your application.

Closing date for applications is Midnight on Wednesday 4 November 2026

We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.

We want our people to reflect our diverse communities and create a safe space in which everyone belongs. We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds and especially those from under-represented groups including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Safeguarding We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks and appropriate references. All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

If this post isn't suitable we may have other vacancies available. You can find these here. We have the right to close this advert prior to the advertised closing date.

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

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Greenacre School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 19
• Size: 340 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenacre-school-barnsley

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