Vacancies
Catering Manager
From Monday 24th February 2025, we require a dedicated and motivated Catering Manager.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- To plan, prepare, cook and serve healthy school refreshments of the highest quality to the children, staff and community, including school lunches which meet the Governments National Nutritional Standards.
- To promote, organise and control the service and supervision and craft training of the catering staff.
- To function as line manager for all catering and midday supervisory staff, and non-class based support staff
- To have responsibility for Performance management for the catering team and midday supervisory staff
In addition, you will:
- To enhance the catering provision at Nailsworth C of E Primary School
- To work without direct supervision
- To prepare and cook school refreshments as detailed on the daily menu in accordance with agreed recipes
- Actively promote the school meals service to pupils and parents to increase uptake of healthy school meals
- To prepare healthy snacks for the after-school club
- To supervise the work of the catering employees and to issue clear instructions
- To keep the work area clean and tidy and to undertake general cleaning duties
- To serve meals in a polite and courteous manner
- To undertake training as required
- To deliver induction programme to new members of catering and midday supervisory staff
- To carry training for new employees and be responsible for the continuous training and development of catering staff. This includes skills and methods training
- To plan and design menus for day to day catering and for to include staff lunches, functions and events.
- To produce reports on catering and attend meetings if required.
- To source and communicate with suppliers to ensure value for money.
- To order supplies and ensure that stock control systems and production planning systems are instigated and effective.
- To promote school meals and catering facilities for the whole school and community events.
- To meet monthly with senior leaders to review the catering provision.
- To review the income, expenditure and the cost of meals with the School Business Manager.
- To follow School Policy at all times, particularly with regard to Food Hygiene, Health & Safety at Work and Customer Care.
- To liaise with the Environmental Health Officer and to maintain hygiene and health and safety standards so that they meet legislative requirements.
- To wear full uniform for work and ensure that it is clean and presentable at all times.
- To work effectively during contracted hours and be willing to work overtime as the job demands.
- To carry out any other reasonable duties.
Pay scale: Grade 6 Point 15 currently £29,093 pa pro rata. Working hours will be from 9.30am to 2.30pm, Monday to Friday, Term time only
To apply, please complete the attached application form and email with supporting letter to Jody O’Connor at [email protected]. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: 9.00am Monday 10th February 2025
Interviews: TBC
To start: Monday 24th February 2025
Catering Manager Job Description
Catering Manager Person Specification
Play Co-Ordinator
From Monday 24th February 2025, we require a dedicated and motivated Lunchtime Lead & Play Co-Ordinator.
The successful candidate will be required to:
- Lead the Midday team in organising lunchtime activities and rotas for outdoor/indoor/wet play duties
- Set up lunchtime ‘zones’ to encourage children to be involved in games and activities
- Support the midday team in allocating staff to certain zones
- Develop and oversee lunchtime opportunities and zones
- Ensure the school grounds are left in a clean, tidy & respectful manner following lunchtimes
- Liaise with the Senior Leadership Team on any matters arising during lunchtimes
- Report any safeguarding incidents via CPOMs and use EPraise to log pupil’s behaviour on behalf of the midday team
In addition, you will:
- Be a positive role model to children
- Promote the highest standards of behaviour including encouraging children to have an active, healthy lifestyle and promote good table manners
- Operate effectively within a team
- Have a calm and confident manner
- Have good communication skills
- Have a desire to help children become successful
Working hours will be from 12noon to 1.15pm, Monday to Friday
To apply, please complete the attached application form and email with supporting letter to Jody O’Connor at [email protected]. CVs will not be accepted.
Closing date for applications: Monday 10th February 2025
Interviews: TBC
To start: Monday 24th February 2025
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Lunchtime Lead Play Co-Ordinator Job Description
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Documentation relevant to all posts:
Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
Employment of Ex Offenders Policy
Please note that a Curriculum Vitae (CV) will only be accepted alongside a full application form. CVs on their own do not contain all the information required to support safer recruitment.
In the interests of safer recruitment, we also reserve the right to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence during the recruitment process. The stated aim of this is that it “may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.”