Wellspring is seeking a passionate Catering Operations Manager to lead catering teams in the West Region, covering Leeds and Barnsley.
The role involves travel around the Trust academies in the West Region.
The successful candidate will have the drive, determination and enthusiasm to provide exceptional service, using creativity, innovation and an eye for detail to develop and deliver an exceptional dining service across the Wellspring community, ensuring every child receives wholesome, delicious meals.
Responsibilities
* Putting the needs of our learners, identified through their direct feedback, at the heart of the service.
* Empathetic leadership of our catering teams, including recruitment, training and development.
* Working in partnership with academy leaders to identify and deliver a bespoke strategic and operational catering strategy.
* Lead catering process improvement.
* Manage catering‑related procurement exercises with a focus on quality, value and sustainability.
* Support catering capability and capacity development, nurturing and empowering talented colleagues.
* Actively promote healthy eating and wellbeing.
* Ensure all food is prepared with due care and attention, with particular regard to special dietary requirements, calorie and allergen management.
* Drive reduction in food waste and sustainability focus.
* Meet HSE and food safety compliance.
Wellspring is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under‑represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children and vulnerable adults, it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children and vulnerable adults.
Individuals who have lived or worked overseas in the last five years will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries of residence, if preferred for the post.
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