Senior Supervisor (Front of House/Catering) Hours: Full-time; 40 per week working 5 days out of 7 including evenings and weekends. Salary: £32,019 per annum plus benefits Benefits include: Generous Pension Scheme; 14.5% employer contributions and 3x death in service benefit
Health care cash plan
33 days of annual holiday (prorated, inc. Public Holidays)
Free on-site lunch provided
Workplace Nursery Scheme (salary sacrifice)
College gym
Car parking (subject to availability / eligibility)
The opportunity to work in a beautiful environment
The Role
Gonville & Caius College is seeking a Senior Supervisor to support in the efficient delivery of all Food & Beverage events at the College.
Reporting to the Food & Beverage Manager, the role of the Senior Supervisor is one that will oversee large and small events, supervise front of house and casual staff to ensure delivery to the highest standards at all Gonville & Caius sites.
You will take pride in customer satisfaction and seek to instil creativity and consistency into teams on a daily basis. Food safety, health and safety checks, appropriate orderingand team SOP training are amongst other responsibilities. The Senior Supervisor will work closely with the Food & Beverage Manager, Deputy Food & Beverage Manager and Supervisors, but will also liaise with the Head of Catering, Head Chef and Fellows Butler.
The ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to working hours is expected, as this role covers holidays and other absences and you may be required to work additional hours from time to time in order to fulfil the requirements of the role and the needs of the College.
This is a permanent full-time contract working 40 hours per week working 5 days out of 7 including evenings and weekends.
The annual full time equivalent salary for this role is £32,019
The Application Process
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The closing date for applications is 12 :00 noon BST on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
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The College
Gonville & Caius College is one of the largest colleges in the University of Cambridge. It is an educational charity, and its mission is to provide a place of education, religion, learning and research, in conjunction with the University that is recognised internationally as being of the highest standard.
The College is an academic community comprising some 530 undergraduate students, 250 graduate students, and 110 Fellows (lecturers, professors and other senior academic researchers and teachers) and almost 200 staff. It plays a significant role throughout the University. Our students come from all over the world and our undergraduates study all the subjects offered in the University. Our postgraduates play a vital role in the research activities of the wider University. Our Fellows have globally renowned research expertise ranging from Ancient History to Cosmology and are all recognised as leaders in their fields. The students who graduate from the college form an alumni group of approximately 11,000 individuals. They have achieved recognition in many walks of life and are resident in all continents.
Further Information
Equality of opportunity; the College actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and we encourage applications from all sections of society and in particular, from people who may be under-represented in our community.
Entry into a position with the College will be determined by the application of criteria related to the duties of the post. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration.
During the application process, candidates are requested to complete the Equality & Diversity section as part of our Equal Opportunities Policy and monitoring process. The contents of this form will not be disclosed to the selection or interview panels, and all applicant data is managed in accordance with our data protection policy.
The College has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy.
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