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SalaryJoin our vibrant community at Chetham’s School of Music as the new Catering Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the dining experience of our students, staff, and visitors. With your expertise, you will be at the forefront of delivering innovative, fresh, and well-balanced meals that satisfy and inspire. This role demands creativity, leadership, and a passion for food, ensuring every dish reflects our commitment to quality and the diverse tastes of our school community. As part of our dedicated team, you will also support a wide range of internal and external events, showcasing your professional service skills. This unique opportunity requires some evening and weekend work due to the boarding school environment, offering you the chance to make a significant impact outside the conventional school hours. Furthermore, this is a 52-week position, inclusive of Lets during school periods, ensuring a year-round engagement with our community. If you're ready to lead a team towards culinary excellence and contribute to the prestigious legacy of Chetham’s School of Music, we would love to hear from you.Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. This role will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland. What you’ll do:To organise, plan and attend any special functions as required, some of which may occur outside of normal working hours and to ensure each event is recorded accordingly and costed accurately. For example Open Morning, Performances, school meetings, parents evenings.To manage the full production from menu planning, rotas, ordering and receiving of goods as required. To control budgeted consumption levels to agreed targets and use tools available to support.To take all necessary steps to ensure maximum security of the kitchen, store, office, safe any monies that apply and any other areas under the Sodexo’s control.To recruit following the Safer Recruitment guidelines, interview, induct, and develop staff according to the needs of the unit and within the procedure laid down by the Company. To maintain accurate, up-to-date personnel records for all staff.To ensure the correct compilation of the payroll to the latest regulations. To ensure that all Statutory Regulations and Company Policy concerning the staff are adhered to.For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description What you bring:Experience of catering and event managementHands on approach with the Catering TeamExperience of working within an education environment an advantageHold Food Safety Level & IOSH certificates or similar qualificationFlexibility of hours working 5 out of 7 daysExcellent communication skillsLeadership skillsInnovative approachEnthusiastic and keenWhat we offer: Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:Flexible and dynamic work environmentCompetitive compensationAccess to ongoing training and development programsCountless opportunities to grow within the companyFor more information on all the great benefits Sodexo offer to support you and your loved ones, check out the attached Benefits Guide at the bottom of this advert!
