Job Description We are hiring for a Chef Manager at The Willows Primary School, Kirkham who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility. The role: £13.05 28.75 hours per week working Monday – Friday Term-time only – working 38 weeks per year This is an important role that supports the effective operation of a primary school setting. This is a small team with the chef manager taking responsibility for all cooking, cleaning and management of the kitchen area. Serving around 200 meals daily the successful candidate enjoys working in a supportive environment where no two days are really the same. *No working weekends or school holidays* Your key responsibilities will include: To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed 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.