Responsibilities
The Catering Manager is responsible for the whole academy catering provision, developing the service to deliver healthy, high-quality meals that meet Nutritional Standards. Duties include supervising and deploying catering staff, planning daily menus (including provision for special diets), and preparing and cooking a range of food items. This role manages the accurate cost control of catering revenue and expenditure, the security of all monies, and coordinates procurement with the Finance Team. The manager ensures strict compliance with Food Safety, Health and Safety, and COSHH regulations, undertaking regular risk assessments and reporting all accidents.
Additionally, the manager is responsible for staff recruitment, induction training, development coordination, and actively contributing to service development initiatives.
Qualifications
The role requires a Level 3 or equivalent Food Hygiene qualification and detailed knowledge of current food legislation regarding food hygiene and workplace health and safety. Candidates must demonstrate experience preparing, cooking, and presenting food to meet quality, cost, and safety standards, as well as the safe and correct use of general catering equipment.
Essential skills include the ability to effectively communicate, deliver a high standard of customer service, and competently construct menus and recipes. The successful applicant must be able to follow Codes of Practice, complete accurate administrative documents, and understand academy child safeguarding procedures. A satisfactory DBS check is required.
What the school offers its staff
Welcome from the Principal
Thank you for your interest in the vacancy at Outwood Academy Shafton.
As Principal, I am thrilled to introduce our academy, a true place of belonging in Shafton, Barnsley. Kindness, compassion, high standards, and the highest quality teaching are our core business every single day.
Having worked in this school community for 26 years, I feel absolute pride seeing our students flourish. Every member of staff is deeply committed to providing the very best life chances for our students. Many colleagues have been part of our journey from the start, and we are unbelievably proud of the transformation we bring to our young people and the whole community.
As part of the Outwood Family, renowned for transforming lives and raising standards, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team if you share our passion and dedication.
I look forward to meeting you.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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