Catering Supervisor

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A Birmingham City Council catering service is seeking a General Assistant to work as a Catering Supervisor. This permanent position involves preparing meals for school pupils, planning service aspects, and maintaining high food quality standards. The candidate must possess Food Safety Level 3, good people skills, and previous kitchen experience. This role requires a commitment to excellent customer service and teamwork in a busy environment.

Qualifications

• Previous kitchen experience is essential.
• Experience in a similar environment is required.
• Ability to maintain high standards in food preparation.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook freshly made meals for pupils.
• Plan and control all aspects of the catering service.
• Ensure the kitchen is kept clean and tidy.
• Conduct costing and stocktaking using IT skills.
• Provide staff training and ensure allergen control.

Skills

Good people skills

Passion about food and customer service

Great team player

Food Safety Level 3

Good verbal and written communication skills

Allergy Awareness Certificate

High standards and quality drive

A ‘can do’ attitude

Job description

General Assistant

Permanent

Grade B - £28,598 - £34,434

36.5 hours per week working times are Monday - Friday term time only, dailyHours to be confirmed

To include 3 cleaning days, 3 training days and 5 teacher training days

Salary is on a Pro Rata Basis

Catering Supervisor – Ward End Primary School, Ingleton Road, B8 2RA

Cityserve is a Birmingham City Council catering service for school meals providing fresh and nutritious food for school kitchen across the UK, healthy eating is a continuous theme throughout all of our menus and we are committed to the wellbeing of pupils. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, delivers excellent customer service and is able motivate and support team members.

As a Catering Supervisor your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing and cooking freshly made meals for pupils including conveying to another site
• Planning and controlling all aspects of the service
• keeping the kitchen clean & tidy
• Costing, stocktaking and keepingappropriate records using IT skills
• I Learning and Oracle
• Staff training
• To maintain a menu with balanced diets and allergen control
• To be aware of the care users’ needs and dietary preferences.
• You will work collaboratively with managers and supervisors to ensure the first-class delivery of food in school kitchens

Previous kitchen experience is essential to this role

About You

Essential:

• Good people skills
• Passion about food and customer service
• Great team player
• Food Safety Level 3
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Allergy Awareness Certificate
• Experience in a similar environment
• High standards and quality drive
• A ‘can do’ attitude

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

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A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

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