Reports to: Operations Manager Contract: Permanent Working pattern: Full time, 40 hours a week The Role: You will have overall responsibility for ensuring the Academy’s quality of dining is outstanding, including dining operations, budgeting and finance, health and safety, and managing and developing a high functioning catering team. Key Responsibilities: Deliver an effective catering operation which provides; innovative seasonal menu planning, high quality food delivered to an excellent standard Organise and execute internal and external functions, events or theme days, as and when required Produce weekly, monthly and termly reports and financial analysis when required by line manager Ensure all kitchen and dining/equipment area are maintained and operated to the standards required by the statutory, local authority and academy health, safety, fire, food and hygiene regulations and policies Experience: Catering in large quantities in a head chef role, ideally within a school Knowledge of healthy eating and nutrition and creating related menus Knowledge of HACCP Qualifications: Professional hospitality/catering qualification at L2 or above Health & Hygiene Certificate L3 (desirable) First Aid qualification (desirable) Allergen awareness training (desirable) Right to work in the U.K. Safeguarding statement: Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link .