Company Description
Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.
Job Description
We are hiring for a Catering Manager at ST MARYS JUNIOR SCHOOL, Basingstoke who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is term‑time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility.
The Role
* £15.00 per hour
* 27.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday
* Term‑time only – working 38 weeks per year
Your Key Responsibilities
* Prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client.
* Ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures.
* Enhance the company’s reputation for excellent food and service with the client and customers, consistently exceeding expectations.
* Be responsible for the day‑to‑day running of the location and supervise teams, including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans.
* Serve as the main point of contact for our client in your school, ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented.
* Communicate regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure they are achieved.
* Support and train teams, leading from the front to ensure all training is completed and performance is managed.
Diversity and Inclusion
Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.
Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.
Benefits
* Blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on‑the‑job training.
* Access to Employee Discount Platform for savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants, holiday discounts, family days out and more.
* Full access to Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits free of charge.
* Eligibility to join a pension scheme.
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