Position reference: 50011482
Directorate: Core Services | Service: Operational Finance & School’s Catering
Salary: £28,598 - £31,022 pro rata
Working Arrangements: 08:30 - 13:30 Monday to Friday, Term Time only
Hours per week: 25
Contract type: Permanent
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Closing date: 22/08/2025 at 23:59
The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

COMPETITIVE PAY, GREAT BENEFITS, FLEXIBLE WORKING, EXCELLENT HOLIDAYS!

We are currently looking for a Head of Kitchen based at Summer Lane Primary School. If you are successful, you will join a small team of enthusiastic and hardworking individuals in the kitchen to produce daily nutritious school meals. Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 13:30pm, where you will be responsible for managing a team of 1 staff member.

• Do you love cooking?
• Are you a great communicator?
• Do you want to lead a fantastic team?
• Do you want to be involved in feeding the youth of our Borough?

WHEN APPLYING, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE PREPARED TO START WORK WITH ALL THE NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS, SUCH AS A VALID VISA, RELEVANT TO THE TYPE OF WORK YOU WILL BE UNDERTAKING. PLEASE BE AWARE THAT OUR ORGANISATION DOES NOT POSSESS A HOME OFFICE LICENSE AND, AS A RESULT, IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP FOR ANYONE SEEKING A VISA AS A SKILLED OR TEMPORARY MIGRANT WORKER.

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working within the schools catering service you will provide excellent customer service and a high-quality food offer. With an in-depth understanding of health and safety and food safety you will produce fresh, tasty meals from a healthy school food standards compliant menu. It is important to support the delivery of the Council’s core priorities and support Directorates to deliver efficient and effective services.
Reporting to the Area Supervisor you will lead a small kitchen, keeping abreast of legislative changes and yours and your team’s training and development needs. You will be ordering and controlling your own stock and monitoring and recording all meals that you produce.
This role is defined as a safety critical role within the Drug & Alcohol Testing Procedure. You must therefore be willing to comply in accordance with this procedure.

We are currently looking for a Head of Kitchen based at Summer Lane Primary School. If you are successful, you will join a small team of enthusiastic and hardworking individuals in the kitchen to produce daily nutritious school meals. Hours of work are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 13:30pm, where you will be responsible for managing a team of 1 staff member.

• Do you love cooking?
• Are you a great communicator?
• Do you want to lead a fantastic team?
• Do you want to be involved in feeding the youth of our Borough