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Unit Catering Manager Level 2

Job details
Posting date: 01 July 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 July 2025
Location: Manchester, M14 6PL
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 0d10e781-72a4-43ea-a8e6-80aeb6821622

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

The governors wish to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking and highly motivated Catering Manager to join our school catering team from September 2025.

The management of the school kitchen will transfer to the school in September and we are looking for an experienced Catering Manager to oversee the efficient management of the kitchen. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective running of the in house school catering service, ensuring that high standards are maintained including school food regulations, food safety and health and safety requirements, financial targets and customer service whilst providing a welcoming and efficient service to the pupils.

The successful candidate will be able to supervise and lead the catering team. They will have a passion for serving high quality, freshly cooked meals, focussing on delivering the highest quality food to maximise meal uptake whilst ensuring value for money and meeting School Food Standards and food hygiene and safety regulations.

What the school offers its staff

Birchfields is a very large, multicultural school and we are looking to appoint support staff who can work well with pupils and staff. The school catering provision provides an essential service and our catering team will form an integral part of our school community.

Birchfields Primary can offer you:

- The support of a dedicated governing body and staff

- A supportive and inclusive working environment

- Highly effective safeguarding procedures

Further details about the role

We cannot accept CVs and the school's application form must be used and completed in full. Applications received without a completed application form will not be considered.

Completed application forms should be retuned to admin@birchfields.manchester.sch.uk

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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