Deputy Catering Manager (Temporary to cover maternity leave)
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5AD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | e3c915ec-3432-40e4-9d4e-4e2281e09e00 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
• Ability to prepare, cook and serve meals to deadlines.
• Team supervision, under the direction of the Catering Manager and in their absence.
• Knowledge of health & safety requirements and experience of completing routine checks to ensure a high standard of food hygiene.
• Ordering of provisions and contributing to menu development and knowledge of school food standards.
• Excellent organisational, communication and customer service skills.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits:
• A temporary role commencing September 2025 to cover maternity leave, of 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year.
• Salary upon appointment Grade 6 Scale Point 15 to 18 £30,024 to £32,597 (actual £26,370 to £28,629).
• Access to wellbeing support, physio, counselling and GP services.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Excellent training opportunities to support career progression.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work.
• Employment within a strong and progressive educational trust with firm family values.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.
Key Responsibilities:
• Ability to prepare, cook and serve meals to deadlines.
• Team supervision, under the direction of the Catering Manager and in their absence.
• Knowledge of health & safety requirements and experience of completing routine checks to ensure a high standard of food hygiene.
• Ordering of provisions and contributing to menu development and knowledge of school food standards.
• Excellent organisational, communication and customer service skills.
What the school offers its staff
Benefits:
• A temporary role commencing September 2025 to cover maternity leave, of 37 hours per week for 40 weeks per year.
• Salary upon appointment Grade 6 Scale Point 15 to 18 £30,024 to £32,597 (actual £26,370 to £28,629).
• Access to wellbeing support, physio, counselling and GP services.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Excellent training opportunities to support career progression.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Access to Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work.
• Employment within a strong and progressive educational trust with firm family values.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.