Cook Supervisor - Queen Elizabeth II School

Overview

We are looking for a dedicated Cook Supervisor to lead the daily running of our busy school kitchen, inspiring a team to prepare and deliver healthy, freshly made school meals for pupils and staff. You will lead a team of two staff producing around 70 meals a day. If you are a team supervisor that enjoys delivering high standard home-produced school meals, who has excellent personal skills, passion for cooking and helping young people then come and join our team.

Each day can often feel quite different from the next!

• Oversee the catering service including food preparation, cooking, and cleaning, ensuring all activities meet required standards of School Food Standards, Health and Safety and food safety legislation.
• Supervise staff members and facilitate necessary training to maintain a capable team.
• Provide written documentation related to Health & Safety, Food Safety legislation, and weekly reports using IT systems and emails.
• Manage business finances to ensure operations stay within the allocated fixed budgets.
• Operate efficiently in a fast-paced environment, adhering to established deadlines.

• City & Guilds 706/1 & 2 or NVQ Level 3 in Catering, or an equivalent qualification or demonstrable relevant experience.
• Level 2 Food Safety certification.
• Experience in supervising or managing a team of two or more kitchen staff.
• Working knowledge of all applicable Food Hygiene and Health and Safety legislation.
• Proven ability to monitor and manage budgets effectively to support the delivery of services within allocated resources.
• Comfortable organising your own workload and keen problem solver.

• A term time only contract with us provides a fantastic work/life balance, a great pension plus a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers.
• A Term Time Only (TTO) contract where you will only work during periods in which schools are open.
• A range of flexible working options, depending on your job role.
• Maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave.
• Volunteering opportunities.
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans.