About The Role
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week
Number of Positions: 1
Qualifications Required: NVQ Level 2 Food Preparation and Cooking
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Salary: £23,604 per annum
The governors wish to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking and highly motivated Catering Manager to join our school catering team from September 2025.
The management of the school kitchen will transfer to the school in September and we are looking for an experienced Catering Manager to oversee the efficient management of the kitchen.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective running of the in house school catering service, ensuring that high standards are maintained including school food regulations, food safety and health and safety requirements, financial targets and customer service whilst providing a welcoming and efficient service to the pupils.
About the Candidate
The successful candidate will be able to supervise and lead the catering team.
They will have a passion for serving high quality, freshly cooked meals, focussing on delivering the highest quality food to maximise meal uptake whilst ensuring value for money and meeting School Food Standards and food hygiene and safety regulations.
Birchfields is a very large, multicultural school and we are looking to appoint support staff who can work well with pupils and staff.The school catering provision provides an essential service and our School Catering team will form an integral part of our school community.
About Us
To apply for this job role, please complete the application form and email it to:admin@birchfields.manchester.sch.uk
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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation
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