Catering Supervisor

Company Description
**Job type: Catering Supervisor, Ashville College**

**Permanent, Full Time.**

**Shifts and schedule: 5/ 7 days. Usually Monday - Friday, 9.30am-6pm. Some weekends may be required. Easily accessible by car (free parking) and bus/train from Harrogate and Leeds. **£24,500 per annum.**

**Are you a true people person, who loves the challenges of working in a diverse and interesting environment? Why not choose to work with us at Ashville College in Harrogate?**

**We have a fantastic opportunity for a friendly, experienced Catering Supervisor. Your remit is to manage both our 6th Form Café and our Junior Dining service. Your day begins in the Café, where our older students enjoy barista coffee, pastries and snacks. It then takes you to the Pre-Prep Dining Hall, where you will oversee and serve our little ones’ lunch before returning to the Café to complete the afternoon.**

**Job Description**:

- Take responsibility for the catering operation in line with Company policies, Client requirements and financial constraints.
- Provide leadership and guidance to all team members to ensure a positive customer experience, under the guidance of the Manager
- Work with the Location manager to monitor the work of all the staff and carry out appraisals, recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
- Hold team briefs on a regular basis to communicate targets, standards required and company and client information.
- Ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service and that their food service and value expectations are consistently exceeded.
- Ensure that all standards and procedures in respect of Hygiene and Safety are established and maintained

**Qualifications**:

- Have experience in a supervisory or Team Leader role ideally in contract catering or hospitality.
- Use your entrepreneurial skills to create a thriving and successful working environment
- Possess excellent supervisory and communication skills
- Good delegation and influencing skills
- Able to demonstrate your analytical approach to problem solving
- Have the ability to display a real passion for food and customer service

Additional Information

Holroyd Howe is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Holroyd Howe is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Holroyd Howe strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

There are many advantages to working for us including:

- With Holroyd Howe you have the opportunity to join a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
- Working for Holroyd Howe ensure you are able to enjoy a great work/life balance - this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends
- We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more
- Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
- You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme