Salary £29,588.00 At the University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in the University of Hull workplace. This includes people from global minority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles. Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help colleagues to grow and progress in their future careers. We recognise that our people are our biggest asset. We hope you’ll be as excited as we are by what lies ahead. Let's continue our journey. With great on-site facilities and numerous awards in recognition of our achievements within the Professional Services World, we want to continue growing and nurturing our existing staff as we endeavour to take on our next challenges as a University. This job description is currently not available to view while we review and update content on Workday. If you need access to the current version, please submit a request to the People Services Team through the Support Portal. If you need to discuss the job description due to updates to the role or for recruitment purposes, please make this clear on your request and a member of the team will be in touch. Thank you for your patience during this update Background and Context Commercial Services is responsible for the provision of campus catering services, conference and function facilities. The service provides a varied range of catering facilities for both internal and external customers, ranging from small corporate meetings to large outdoor exhibitions, private dining, banqueting, hospitality and busy retail section with seven current retail outlets on campus alongside a fleet of street food vehicles and mobile catering units. Canham Turner house is central to our catering portfolio to facilitate high quality staff and student dining experiences, a state-of-the-art conference suite, modern kitchen facilities and high-end banqueting opportunities. This is in addition to the bar areas and private dining spaces, and a coffee shop with outdoor decking. Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the post As Senior Chef your duties will include but are not limited to: Assist in the creation and delivery of retail food concepts that meet and exceed standards which contribute to increased sales and profitability of each retail food outlet. Prepare and cook a variety of dishes during service as required within the Kitchen offering. Research and compare the services and dishes provided by other similar businesses, concepts and establishments within the hospitality sector. Contribute to the input for concept designs and service delivery improvements. Support the Head Chef in creating a food service provision that is both diverse, sector leading and produces value for our customers. Support in the development and delivery of a banqueting and hospitality offering that aims to meet and exceed the standards of other institutions. Support the Head Chef in creating and adapting menus for both banqueting and hospitality. Create and analyse financial reports to articulate and demonstrate comprehensive financial reporting for each event to the Head Chef, for use in their overall reporting. Manage and develop the Kitchen Assistants as well as the Food and Beverage Assistants. Conduct and develop robust personal development plans that identify training opportunities for your team members, working with support from the Head Chef. Continually review services within the Kitchen to identify fresh and creative ways of improving service efficiency and income generation. Monitor KPI’s for the team, seeking feedback while working in partnership with the Marketing team. Produce financial reports and performance for the Head Chef along with championing waste reduction initiatives and contributing to the implementation of sustainability projects. Implement continuous improvement and innovation to achieve improved quality, value for money services and growth in income generation. Contribute to the creation of robust business plans to support and deliver the Kitchen’s contribution against agreed objectives in line with the overall strategy of Commercial Services, and the University. Embed a culture of ‘Service Excellence’ in all areas of the Kitchen and play a key role in embedding this culture across the Department. Use extensive knowledge of food production to act as a key point of contact for colleagues and any queries they may have, while developing their skills. Lead by example and hold people and processors accountable that fall short of our brand standards. Motivate teams and individuals by providing clear direction on business targets whilst establishing and maintaining positive relationships. Delegate work as needed among the Kitchen Assistants, ensuring a fair distribution of tasks to enable the smooth running of a given shift. Contribute to the organising and planning of resource to support day to day operations and events, which helps ensure appropriate resource is available to provide required services. Raise any resourcing concerns to the Head Chef. Provide feedback to your team, document continual development objectives, demonstrate effective communication and make recommendations to the Head Chef about you and your teams development needs. Performance and absence manage direct reports as required, providing wellbeing support to individuals where needed, while also limiting potential disruption to operations. Contribute and lead when needed on team meetings and lead on individual meetings to maximise the output of your team and demonstrate how they contribute to the senior kitchen leadership team. Please ensure that you upload a CV and cover letter referring directly to how you meet the criteria given in the job description. The job description can be found here. Please note that this vacancy closes at 00:01am on Saturday 11 April 2026. To ensure your application is considered, please ensure that you submit your application in enough time. 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