Eton College
Windsor and Maidenhead
Salary:
Up to £41,925.76 per annum depending on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
29 September 2025
Apply by:
10 September 2025
Job overview
Are you an experienced catering professional with a passion for delivering high-quality food service? Do you have strong leadership skills and a desire to make a positive impact in a unique educational environment? If so, we'd love to hear from you
As a Catering Manager at Eton College, you will play a vital role in overseeing the catering services within our Boarding Houses, ensuring our boys receive nutritious, high-quality meals every day. You will support the Assistant Catering Director in managing the day-to-day operations of the Boarding House Catering Teams, leading and mentoring staff while maintaining excellent food quality and hygiene standards.
Beyond catering, this role offers the unique opportunity to be actively involved in the Boarding House community, whether through school events, sports, or creative productions.
Due to the needs of the school and the department, we may interview suitable candidates before the closing date. This job may also close early if a large number of applications are received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid missing your chance to apply.
Main Duties
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
* Work alongside the Assistant Catering Director, House Masters, Dames to ensure the smooth, efficient and effective catering service in the Boarding House. In addition to act as cover for the Assistant Catering Director. These duties include, but are not limited to:
* Ensure consistency in the quality of menus and standards across the Boarding Houses are maintained at all times;
* Supporting the Assistant Catering Director the day to day management of the Catering Teams to ensure adequate staffing cover in the Boarding Houses;
* Being a first point of contact for sickness and providing appropriate cover for houses;
* Line management responsibility for the Kitchen and Catering Assistants;
* Review the daily food safety and allergen paperwork as required by Eton College Food Safety Management System and Food Hygiene Policy and ensure each house is compliant;
* Manage and implement all parts of Eton College Food Hygiene Policy and Food Safety Management System;
* To review daily house expenditure and collate financial information from each House and report and action as appropriate to the Assistant Catering Director;
* Adhere to all parts of Eton College Food Hygiene Policy and Food Safety Management System;
* Review monthly stock levels and report any concerns to the Assistant Catering Director;
* Assist in managing the daily administration of the department;
* Assist in managing all catering entertainment bookings;
* Manage the rotas for each house;
* Plan and assist in delivering annual training as requested and required by law;
* Train and monitor all new catering staff;
* Support the Assistant Catering Director in managing all employee relations issues;
* Support the Assistant Catering Director to conduct and manage performance reviews and appraisals;
* To support and manage all aspects of production and presentation of service, having regard for delivering high standards of health and safety, hygiene, nutritional value and allergen control and ensure non-compliance is reported;
* Be flexible to work across the catering operation in the College as required;
* Keeping an eye on staff dynamics and reporting any concerns to the Assistant Catering Director;
* To work with the Boarding Houses to increase the boy's nutritional awareness;
* Undertaking any other reasonable duties to help facilitate the smooth running of the Boarding House catering services;
All employees of Eton College are also expected to:
* Develop a good understanding of safeguarding procedures, given all positions at Eton are classed as 'regulated activity';
* Demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This includes but is not limited to completing safeguarding training as required, complying with all safeguarding procedures and ensuring any safeguarding updates issued by the College are read and understood.
* Understand and comply with procedures and legislation relating to confidentiality;
* Display a commitment to and promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion.
The Ideal Candidate
Skills and Competencies Required
* A minimum of Level 3 in Food Hygiene Certificate;
* Experience of Microsoft Word and Excel;
* Previous supervisory experience;
* Experience of managing budgets;
* You have knowledge of volume catering;
* Experience of allergen management control;
* Experience of nutrition and wellbeing special diets;
* Experience with working with young people;
* Clear understanding of Health and Safety legislation;
* Clear understanding of Food Hygiene legislation;
* Experience of delivering catering training;
* Ability to co-ordinate and deliver event hospitality;
* You have a flexible approach to work and a 'can do' attitude;
* You have great attention to detail and take pride in your work – you're keen to deliver the highest possible standards and you understand the impact your work has on boys who are away from home, especially boys who have recently joined the College and who are in unfamiliar surroundings;
* You enjoy working as part of a team and you are happy to get stuck in and support your colleagues;
* Ability to nurture a good working relationship with other departments;
* You're able to work unsupervised and use your own initiative;
* You have good verbal communication skills;
* You have good time management skills, well presented and have the ability to prioritise;
* You will have worked in a similar role;
* Able to manage a team, supervisory or management experience.
Working Pattern
* You will be working 40 hours per week, 5 days out of 7 including weekends;
* You will be working 52 weeks per year.
Benefits
Eton College offers a wide range of benefits, including an 11% employer contribution to your pension (with 4.9% employee contribution), Employee Assistance Programme, enhanced Maternity / Paternity scheme, a cycle to work scheme, subsidised lunches during term time, free or heavily discounted access to the College's sport and leisure facilities and discounts at local retailers and businesses.
About the College
We are an equal opportunities employer and are seeking applications from suitable candidates from all backgrounds. We are dedicated to creating and sustaining an environment that values individuality and difference and celebrates the diversity of both staff and pupils by fostering perseverance, tolerance and integrity. We believe in equal opportunity for everyone, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.
If you have any queries about the application process or any problem with submitting your application online, the Recruitment Team will be happy to help. Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made or facilities provided to enable you to apply online, please do not hesitate to contact us on so we can make adjustments accordingly.
DISCLOSURE CHECKS
Eton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including, but not limited to, reference checks with past employers, an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (including Barred List information), an online search and, where applicable, Prohibition checks. If you are successful in your application, you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form. Any information disclosed will be handled in accordance with any guidance and/or Code of Practice published by the DBS. The College is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered as "spent" under the Act) must be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position at the College.
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About Eton College
Eton College
Eton, Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 6DW
United Kingdom
Eton College is a charity for the advancement of education. At its heart sits an independent boys' boarding school which leads a dynamic range of educational activities and an expanding network of educational partnerships. The charity's primary purpose, determined from its Christian foundation in 1440, is to draw out the best of young people's talents and to enable them to flourish and make a positive impact on others through the course of a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. Founded to offer transformative educational opportunities to boys with limited life chances, currently over 100 boys pay no fees at all.
With an extensive curriculum both within and beyond the classroom, a focus on pastoral excellence, and a growing expertise in digital education to facilitate diverse learning activities and promote collaboration, Eton College stands in the vanguard of educational developments. Its award-winning flagship embedded research facility, The Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning, is at the core of these new developments, informing Eton College's own educational practice, as well as sharing best practice across the sector.
Eton College coordinates over 1,000 cross-sector partnerships between schools, charities and other organisations for the benefit of children and teachers. Through research, digital resources, summer schools, visits and events, Eton College's partnership programme brings together people who are determined to provide extraordinary learning opportunities for young people. Last year, the College coordinated activities for over 5,400 state school pupils, with over 2,000 pupils continuing to visit its museums and collections each year.
Our partnership with Holyport College, an Ofsted outstanding state-maintained boarding school, is one of the strongest, closest, and most reciprocal cross-sector partnerships in the UK. It is intended as a way of sharing pastoral and academic expertise in both directions, building an educational ethos which makes a long-term contribution to our local communities. Through our partnership, Eton College and Holyport College aim to establish ourselves as a model for collaboration between the independent and maintained sectors.
As it looks forward, the ambitions of the charity will continue to broaden, from maintaining and developing new partnerships to its partnership with Star Academies.
Head Master Simon Henderson
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