Catering Team Leader

**Djanogly Learning Trust Vision**

We believe that every child has the right to an education that gives them the best opportunity to succeed and prosper. We know that this takes great people, hard work and attention to detail. This is a considerable responsibility and we take it very seriously. Everyone within our trust is fully committed to learning. Our ethos is to be innovative in order to improve, to develop resilience in order to face challenges, and to strive for excellence in everything we do.

**Job title **Catering Team Leader

**Hours and weeks **37 hours per week, term time only plus 2 (41 weeks per year).

**Salary **£24,159 - £25,868 - the salary advertised is based on working term time only plus 2 (41 weeks per year). The full time equivalent salary is £26,393 - £28,260 per annum.

**Djanogly Values**

Employees who demonstrate a commitment to our core values of Excellence, Resilience and Innovation will:

- Embody the belief that every child has the right to an excellent education and constantly strive to give every child the best opportunity to succeed and prosper through their contribution to the Trust
- Recognise and demonstrate the importance of working hard, showing resilience and paying close attention to detail to ensure every child achieves their best.
- Strive for excellence by demonstrating a commitment to innovation, engaging in CPD and constantly striving to improve provision and outcomes for pupils.

**Djanogly Behaviours**

Employees will demonstrate their professionalism and promote a positive culture by:

- Behaving in a professional manner at all times
- Developing professional working relationships with all colleagues and stakeholders, showing understanding and mutual respect in all aspects of their role
- Taking personal responsibility by paying attention to the small things to intercept issues before they become a larger problem
- Resolving any issues in a professional, calm manner, seeking support where necessary and always demonstrating kindness and respect for others
- Starting and ending the day with the same emotional constancy with every interaction.

**Job Purpose**:
To be responsible for the management of the catering service within the academy, including food hygiene, menus, budgets, cooking, management of staff and all day to day operations of the catering service as and when required to provide a service valued by the students.

**Responsibilities**:
**Duties and responsibilities**
- Effective management of the catering service, including all administrative work including placing orders, stock control, monitoring of food budgets and ensuring compliance with finance regulations
- To be responsible for the preparation and cooking of the school meal and delivering the food service with the support of the team
- Line manage and develop the team of catering assistants ensuring their performance is assessed in line with the Trust systems and they are supporting the Trust values and behaviours
- Assisting with recruitment and selection of catering staff and organise agency cover as required
- Organise the rotas to ensure the smooth running of the kitchen and service to students
- Ensure the catering service is compliant with regulations are met including food hygiene, HACCP, COSHH, health and safety, staff training (including mandatory training).
- Ensure the kitchen and service operate in compliance with all statutory legislation
- Assist with any extra catering requests required
- Purchase of all food products from agreed nominated suppliers
- Develop menus and recipes to suit the needs of the academy and nutritional guidelines within budget
- To be responsible for promoting the school meal service through menus and displays
- To be proactive to actively look at ways of improving the catering service

**Djanogly Learning Trust General Requirements**:
**Policies and procedures**

You will comply with all policies and procedures at all times which include:

- ensuring the safeguarding of young people by adherence to the child protection and safeguarding policies.
- ensuring all equality, diversity and health and safety requirements are upheld in the performance of your duties.
- ensuring you comply with the Trust’s Staff Behaviour policy, including outside of work where applicable.

**Professional Development**
- You are required to undertake professional development as part of your job description. This includes contributing to regular ‘check ins’ and Journey to

Excellence reviews with your J2E reviewer, proactively seeking professional development to improve your performance.

This job description is not a complete description of the role, as you are required to undertake any other reasonable duties as directed by the academy leader and the leadership team.

**Salary**: £24,159.00-£25,868.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Free flu jabs
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

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