Catering Manager
Hampstead School
Camden
- £40,764 - £43,978 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- PO2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 22 January 2024
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an experienced and committed individual to lead and inspire our team of Head Chef and six Catering Assistants to prepare breakfast and lunch for students and staff in our state of the art kitchen. Our Catering Manager also line manages Midday Supervisors to ensure our real passion for food and excellent customer service is on display throughout the whole environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic colleague to join our vibrant and successful school. The details of the post are:
- Contract status: Permanent
- Weeks per year: 40 weeks (39 weeks Term Time + 1 week in school holidays)
- Days per week: 5 days per week, Monday to Friday
- Hours per week: 37.5 hours
- Shift: 8am to 4pm, with a 30 minute unpaid break
- Grade: PO2, Spine Point 30-33
- Salary: £40,764 to £43,978 a year
- Start date: ASAP
The core purpose of the role is to deliver a comprehensive, professional dining service to our school. We are a large secondary school and Sixth Form, catering to more than 1,300 students and 200 staff members. We also hold some bespoke functions, such as Open and Parent Consultation Evenings, as well as Sports Day and a Summer BBQ.
What we offer:
- A collaborative and hardworking catering team that is experienced, innovative and hardworking
- A diverse and inclusive community, where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit
- An ideal opportunity to work in a friendly and supportive environment.
We need you to be:
- enthusiastic and committed to embracing every opportunity to contribute to our whole school development.
- the driving force championing issues such as healthy eating and sustainable diets whilst creating a welcoming dining experience
- keen to act as an example to the catering wider team, including possessing high standards of personal and professional hygiene
- in possession of good delegation and influencing skills, as well as being financially and commercially astute
- qualified to Level 3 in Supervising Food Safety and Hygiene, or equivalent
Interview Date: Thursday 25th January 2024.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role or we appoint a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Hampstead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Checks will be made with previous employers and online searches will be done as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
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About Hampstead School
Hampstead School is Camden’s largest maintained comprehensive School, educating 1330 students (including 300 in our stand-alone Sixth Form). The school is oversubscribed with a waiting list in all years, admitting 7 forms of entry from over 70 primary schools. Founded in 1961 as a mixed comprehensive school, Hampstead School has remained firmly committed to inclusive and nurturing education; quality of relationships based on respect and responsibility underpin all our endeavours. This is combined with a laser-like focus on the highest expectations of achievement and a belief that every student can and will achieve means that Hampstead School’s reputation for creativity and inspiration is firmly rooted in rigour. This continues to be epitomised in our motto “Learning Together Achieving Together”.
Reflecting our part of North West London, Hampstead School’s intake is predominantly from the local areas of Kilburn, West Hampstead, Cricklewood and Willesden. Our learners represent the diversity of our communities with over 70 languages spoken by our 50%+ bilingual students.
The school has been almost completely rebuilt over the past 5 years with our modern inspiring facilities offering a vibrant and brilliantly equipped place to work and study.
Ofsted noted that “Staff really like working at the school. They feel valued and very well supported". This is an exciting, dynamic place to work, and its vitality greatly benefits the pupils. Our equally diverse staff is well supported and encouraged to achieve their career aspirations. They have a passion for learning and commitment to delivering outstanding education to our students. Consequently, we are proud of our terrific record of staff development, second-to-none, whereby posts arise because of the excellent career progression that teachers at Hampstead School experience.
Our package includes
· Our own school Teaching & Learning Professional Development
· Professional on site coaching
· Further bespoke CPD through Camden Learning
· Thorough New Qualified Teacher (NQT) programme and strong track record of working with Teach First, Teaching Leaders and Future Leaders
· Support for your well-being through our well-being team, and 24/7 Access to a personal employee assistance helpline
· Access to counsellors, occupational health and mental health practitioners on-site
· Free eye care vouchers and annual onsite free flu jab
· Salary sacrifice schemes such as cycle to work
· Season ticket loan
· Family friendly absence policies such as paid time-off for primary school plays, child-care emergencies and house moves.
· Guarantees to work-life balance such as no expectation of excess presenteeism or to open e-mails out-of-school hours.
Hampstead School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhance DBS check.
Hampstead School is close to Cricklewood Thameslink Station and close to the triple transport hub of West Hamsptead stations (Tube; London Overground; Thameslink). A number of buses stop close to the school including the C11 at the dedicated Hampstead School bus stop.
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