Multi-Academy Trust Catering Manager

Can you inspire and lead a team of dedicated catering staff to provide top quality meals & hospitality to our pupils and staff? 

If so, come and join the Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust family of schools as our Catering Manager…

Job Title & Pay: Trust Catering Manager (Grade 5) (Salary range £33,437 to £41,025   dependent on experience)

Required from:  1st November 2017 

Post type:  Full Time/Permanent working term-time only plus 3 weeks 

Employed by:  Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust 

Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is currently a family of 5 academies, 2 secondary, 2 primary and 1 all-through academy, serving a discrete, diverse and multicultural community within East Birmingham.

The Trust Catering Manager is a new and exciting role within our family of academies. Reporting to the Trust’s Director of Facilities & Estates, you will be responsible for managing and delivering the in-house catering provision across the 5 sites. Your working week will normally average 36.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday on a term-time-only basis.

You will need excellent and proven culinary skills, be able to communicate effectively with staff and pupils, and have the drive and leadership skills to ensure that the catering service is maintained as a centre of excellence for all pupils, staff and community users. This will also mean ensuring that your fellow kitchen staff remain motivated and productive. 

You will also ensure that the catering provision complies with all relevant statutory standards and is of a consistently high quality, thereby ensuring high uptake amongst pupils and staff. Regular travel will be required between the Trust academies, which are within a 5-mile radius. 

Experience of working within a multi-site educational environment is not essential. However, it is unlikely that candidates will have less than 10 years’ experience in the catering industry (including at least five years in a high quality restaurant or hotel) and at least 5 years in a supervisory or management role.  Applicants must be qualified to at least HCIMA/NEBSS/C and G708/NVQ food preparation and cooking 1 and 2.

In return, we offer:

1. Commitment to your ongoing Continued Professional Development (“CPD”); 

2. A family of dedicated catering staff

3. Family friendly/sociable working hours and a work-life balance

4. Access to Local government pension scheme

5. Access to a wide range of employee benefits (including mobile phone insurance, discounted cinema tickets & restaurants via Perkbox)

6. Onsite parking 

7. Time off during school holidays.

For informal queries or to visit the Trust, please contact Delroy Bramwell (Director of Estates & Facilities) on 07714258933 or delroybramwell@washwoodconnect.com.

Closing date for applications: 5.00pm 5th July 2017.

Initial interviews – 12th & 13th July 2017.

Trade testing for final shortlisted candidates - Monday 17th July 2017. 

Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to meet the essential requirements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a health check, an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (“DBS”) check and satisfactory references.

This post is also subject to the new statutory fluency code of practice. As such, candidates will be required at interview to demonstrate that they can speak fluent English.