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Competitive salary depending on experience
Working Hours:
35
Location:
Edinburgh
Closing Date:
08/12/2025
Department:
Operational/Professional Services
Region / Division:
Job Role:
Operational/Professional Services
Package Description
This is a permanent full-time role, working 35 hours per week on a shift basis, 5 over 7 days (with a one-hour unpaid lunch break).
Annual Salary: Competitive salary depending on experience
Staff Benefits: In addition to being part of a great team you will be entitled to a range of benefits that include:
* 30 days holidays and 8 days public holidays, generally taken outside term time [DMW1] .
* Parking within the campus grounds. The campus is easily accessed by car and bus; there is a bus stop located outside the campus serving several routes across the city and to rail stations.
* Membership of Westwood’s gym and health club which offers a range of excellent fitness and leisure facilities including a 25m swimming pool.
* Free lunchtime meals during term time, and at other times when catering is provided, and you are on duty.
* Excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
* You will be opted into the Fettes College Pension Plan after 3 months service. This scheme is a money purchase one, operating as a salary exchange plan. The College will contribute to the scheme a minimum of 8% and you will contribute a minimum of 2%. Fettes operate a contribution matching scheme up to 12% of base salary.
* Access to discounted healthcare, additional life insurance, shopping discounts, etc through our 4me benefits portal.
The Role
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Chef Tournant to join our Catering Department. The Senior Chef Tournant will be responsible for providing management and direction to the Kitchen team in the provision of services within the Catering Department and to College Facilities, both for the Fettes Trust and its subsidiary companies.
Specifically, the Catering Department provides three meals per day throughout term time and during the Summer Language School ‘term’, and one meal per day for primarily non-teaching staff at other times.
Main Responsibilities
Please see the full Job Description for duties and responsibilities for this role
The Ideal Candidate
Person Specification
Qualifications and Skills
* Have a passion in providing excellent customer service.
* Have a strong background in a similarly high volume / high qualityestablishment and have excellent time keeping and time managementskills .
* Passionate about food and deliveringhigh standardseach day.
* Experience in a similar role.
* To be competent and skilled to work in all areas of preparation, cooking and serving.
* Be a competent multi-tasker, whocanwork under pressure, and as part of a happy and committed team.
* An Intermediate Food Hygiene qualification would be preferable. Experience of Allergen Legislation and knowledge of special diets would be useful.
* Be aware of Health & Safety requirements within a catering environment.
* Able to meet the physical demands of this role: To be on your feet for the daily rostered hours, and to manage a high levelof manual handling and physical dexterity. Have the ability to deal with the requirements and demands of meeting service deadlines.
Personal Qualities
* Leadership Skills – Can motivate, train, and guide kitchen staff while maintaining a positive work environment.
* Strong Work Ethic – Reliable, punctual, and committed to delivering high-quality meals.
* Attention to Detail – Ensures consistency in taste, portion size, plating, and kitchen standards.
* Problem-Solving Skills – Handles kitchen issues quickly, such as ingredient shortages or equipment failures.
* Good Communication – Clearly communicates instructions and feedback to staff.
About the school/organisation
ABOUT FETTES
Fettes College is a leading HMC co-educational boarding and day school close to the heart of Edinburgh. It has a strong tradition of academic, sporting and cultural excellence underpinned by outstanding pastoral care. Fettes opened its doors in 1870 and became fully co-educational in 1980: it is now an independent school of some 785 students. There are 594 students in the Senior School (13-18 years) and 191 students in the Preparatory School (7-13 years). Fettes follows the English curriculum of GCSEs, and the dual pathway of A Levels and IB. Our full-boarding ethos ensures weekends are vibrant and fun.
The academic staff in the Senior School consists of the Head and 91 full-time members of the Common Room. Our Prep School shares the same site and consists of a further 29 full-time teaching staff. Fettes is a collaborative community in which every member is working towards fully realising their potential whilst supporting those around them.
The school stands on a stunning and secure 100-acre site, but still within walking distance of Edinburgh’s city centre. The historic main building holds the Chapel, Library, the English, Classics and History Departments as well as the Medical Centre and two boarding houses. A large purpose-built teaching block (the Spens Building) houses Art, Modern Languages, Mathematics, Economics, Geography and Music. The Theatre, Science Laboratories and Dining Hall are adjacent. The Preparatory School and seven further boarding houses (including a purpose-built co-educational U6th House) are also on the campus. Our sports facilities (including extensive playing fields, two all-weather pitches and a private Health Club) are excellent.
We have a commitment to build even more ground-breaking facilities, including a Wellbeing Centre and construction of new Science and Innovation buildings .
As well as our teaching staff we employ over 220 Operational Staff across the many departments, including Estates, Security, Housekeeping, Finance, Admissions and Marketing with a pervading sense of community amongst staff, students and parents alike.
OUR VISION
We have created and developed a bold new vision for Fettes, one which focuses on what we believe Fettesians should aspire to be, the skills they will need in lifeand the impact we want them to make in the world.
We have called this vision Fettes Moving Forward: A place to live. A place to learn. A place to grow. You can find out more about the vision - and how it shapes and informs Fettes' future at www.fettes.com/vision
Please also watch (with sound on) our film below - Ode to Place - which complements the vision and captures the ethos of Fettes College and what a Fettes education means.
THE AIMS OF THE COLLEGE
Fettes College will ensure that our students:
Feel valued and respected as individuals
Receive the highest possible quality of education, engaging them in rigorous and relevant opportunities in a dynamic curriculum that creates lifelong learners
Feel safe, have a sense of personal worth, are thoughtful and considerate of the needs of others, while possessing a willingness to take on responsibility
Are encouraged to stretch and challenge themselves
Develop a sense of self-confidence, integrity, emotional resilience, loyalty, good manners, leadership skills and teamwork
Value a sense of community
Are surrounded by inspirational caring staff
Feel represented and are provided with equal opportunities regardless of gender, identity, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity or religion.
“Our Students will leave the school knowing themselves, looking out for others, capable of thinking critically and ready to make a positive mark on their rapidly changing world. They will be bold and visionary yet compassionate; they will possess a global perspective and be ready to embrace the opportunities of the future” Helen Harrison, Head
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