Deputy Catering Manager (Maternity Cover)
Ipswich School
Suffolk
- £27,000 - £29,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Actual Salary per annum + Attractive Benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- Required as soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 18 April 2024
Job overview
Full-time, mostly term-time only, to start as soon as possible, with a likely end date of January 2025
We are seeking an experienced catering supervisor/manager with excellent people management skills and experience (ideally in a school catering environment), to help us cover a period of maternity leave in our busy catering department. Ideally you will be available to start as soon as possible, to ensure the handover of responsibilities is managed smoothly ahead of the commencement of the maternity leave in June 2024. The cover is likely to be required until January 2025.
Ipswich School has been listed as one of the top 130 schools in the country and is certainly one of the foremost independent schools in East Anglia. We were established prior to 1399, and moved to our present site in 1852. We have been voted Suffolk’s top independent school in The Sunday Times Parent Power League, and have over 1100 pupils aged between 3 months and 19 years.
The School aims to provide a range of good quality, healthy food that is both interesting and appealing to pupils and staff alike. All meals are prepared and cooked on site. A school lunch is provided for the children choosing to take them, giving a well-balanced diet for growing and energetic children, with a strong emphasis on fresh food. A wide range of dishes are available, including a choice of main meal, salads, desserts and fresh fruit, following the School’s healthy eating policy.
In this varied role you will assist our Catering Operations Manager in the day to day running of our Catering Department, working in partnership with the Head Chef, and other catering staff, to ensure that the department runs on a professional basis, using best practice, and in compliance with health and safety and hygiene legislation. You will have a particular focus on staff management.
Working Hours:
- You will be on duty from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm on Mondays to Fridays during Ipswich School term time (a total of 40 hours per week for 35 weeks per year). Appropriate breaks will be built into your working schedule.
- In addition, you will work your normal hours as required for a further 15 days during Ipswich School holiday periods per annum, especially at the beginning and end of each term and at formal School events such as Induction Days, Open Mornings and other functions run by the School community, to bring the total number of weeks worked per year to 38.
- Because of the level of responsibility attached to this post, some additional hours may be needed on occasions and a flexible approach is essential.
Pay and Benefits:
- The salary for the position will be between £27,000 and £29,000 per annum, depending on your skills and experience (which includes statutory holiday pay). This is the actual salary for the annual hours outlined above.
- The maternity cover period is for a ‘part-year’ and therefore a pro rata salary for the hours to be worked will be calculated once a start date has been established.
- Free lunch is provided in the School Dining Hall during term time when the kitchen is in operation.
- Staff are able to use the School’s swimming pool and fitness gym free of charge (in compliance with appropriate rules and regulations).
- After 3 months’ service and/or in line with workplace pension legislation, you will be auto enrolled into the School’s defined contribution pension scheme, with 10% employer contributions and x3 life cover.
We would encourage you to download the full job description for this unique role in the School from our website: www.ipswich.school/vacancies. You will also find an application form on the website, or contact the HR team on 01473 408300 hr@ipswich.school
Completed application forms should be returned by noon on 18 April 2024 to: Alison Knights, Director of HR, Ipswich School, 25 Henley Road, Ipswich, IP1 3SG or email hr@ipswich.school Candidates shortlisted for interview will be advised as soon as possible after the closing date and interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing 22 April 2024, when we may also ask candidates to undergo a competency assessment.
Ipswich School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the job, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Ipswich School
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Ipswich School is one of the leading independent schools in the area. It has a long history dating back to at least 1399 and is known for its academic success, without being an educational ‘hot house’, its extensive sport, drama and music activities and its commitment to the local community.
Pupils at the school come from a really broad range of backgrounds, and this makes the school different to many others in the independent sector. The atmosphere is very positive and pupils really do get on well with each other and with teachers. Behaviour in lessons is first class and teachers are able to focus fully on their teaching and pupils’ learning without having to spend time and effort keeping everyone in order.
Those applying for teaching posts in the Senior School will find that class sizes are generally smaller than in the maintained sector, with Lower School classes typically being around 20, Middle School can be a little larger or smaller depending on subjects – but are never larger than 24. A Level classes in the Sixth Form are typically have around 10 – 12 students, with 15 students being the upper limit.
Teachers are well supported by Heads of Department and there is a first-class CPD programme in place which not only provides the latest on class room practice, but also involves a range of optional social events. Additional training is also available for all teachers.
For those looking at Prep School posts they will find wonderful purpose-built classrooms in a state-of-the-art Prep School building, small class sizes – typically around 15 in the Lower Prep and between 18 and 25 in the Upper Prep. They will also find parents are very supportive and keen to develop the potential in their children.
Those applying for support staff posts will feel themselves very much part of a community. There are no great boundaries between teachers and support staff. There is a well-refined CPD programme for members of the support staff, great opportunities for development and a fantastic range of benefits.
There are regular opportunities for all staff to get together socially. Recently staff events include drawing sessions, juggling instruction, gin and wine tasting, orienteering, a casino night and curry and carols at Christmas. Every other year the staff – support staff alongside teaching staff - put on a major end of year show for pupils to raise funds for charity, and these have included a pantomime, Staff do Strictly and – most recently - Staff Have the X Factor.
Facilities throughout the school are excellent with a brand new Music School, the extensive Ipswich School Sports Centre at nearby Rushmere, a specially-built Prep School and a recently-opened day nursery – The Lodge.
There is free car parking on site for teachers and support staff (though this can be a little tight at times in the Senior School) and a range of other benefits.
Supporting the community is one of the school’s core values. The school has a significant community programme with pupils visiting local care homes giving music and drama performances, pupils growing vegetables and giving them to a local charity, local primary schools taking part in our annual Festival of Music and a large pupil-led termly fundraising programme.
Please have a look at our current vacancies listed here.
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