School Catering Manager NEW Bolton Council Posted today Bolton £13.47 to £14.58 per hour Term T[...]

Bolton Gin Company; Bolton; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

A local catering organization in Bolton is seeking an experienced Catering Manager to oversee operations at Queensbridge and St Peters and Pauls Schools. The role requires a strong focus on improving service standards, along with excellent communication and organizational skills. Candidates must have NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation and Cooking, and Level 2 Food Safety certification. This position offers competitive hourly rates and a permanent term-time contract.

Benefits

Exclusive discounts

Gym membership prices

Access to a Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Employee wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Experience as a catering manager with proven team management skills.
• Ability to improve standards and deliver high customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of menu planning and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Manage school catering operations, ensuring quality service.
• Oversee catering service at multiple school locations.
• Maintain standards of service delivery and customer engagement.

Skills

Team management

Customer service

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Budgeting knowledge

IT proficiency

Education

NVQ Level 2 Food Preparation and Cooking

Level 2 Food Safety

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Grade D Scp 6 to Scp 11 £17,619.00 to £19,079 30 hours (£13.47 to £14.58 per hour)

Grade D Scp 6 to Scp 11 £16,151.48 to £17,489.51 27.5 hours (£13.47 to £14.58 per hour)

Contract permanent term‑time only

Essential Requirements:

Qualification – NVQ Level 2 Food Preparation and Cooking.

Level 2 Food Safety.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

The overall management of a school catering operation, monitoring and controlling the catering service to ensure that quality and consistency of service are maintained at all times.

Locations: Queensbridge Primary School (30 hours) and St Peters and Pauls School (27.5 hours).

About You

An experienced catering manager who can demonstrate a proven track record of managing teams. You will need to be focused on continually improving standards and providing high levels of customer service to our stakeholders.

Be enthusiastic and highly motivated with excellent communication and organisational skills. Ideally you will have a school catering background with an understanding of the principles of menu planning and budgets. Confident in the use of IT and experience of Microsoft Office.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service‑related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

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