Catering Manager

The main purpose of a Catering Manager is:

• To manage a catering service which not only provides high quality meals, but also considers issues such as healthy eating as an important part of what the school catering service offers.
• To ensure the team are effectively led and organised in order to produce and maintain high standards of hygiene, quality, and presentation.

Catering Managers will:

• Successfully produce and deliver, to the highest possible standard, the agreed food and beverage offer to
  all school users.
• Assist with the development of regular innovations to improve the catering service and food offers. This
  will include considerations for nutrition, special diets and be reflective of current industry trends.
• Ensure all school catering users always receive excellent standard of food.
• Assist with the provision of an effective, efficient, and financially sustainable catering service.
• Assist with and ensure compliance with all legislation such as Better Business Safer Food, Food Safety Law, Natasha’s Law.
• Line manage the catering and lunchtime team and ensure a professional catering service is delivered.
• Assist with training of catering and lunchtime team.
• Assist in the development and implementation of Trust catering strategies.
• Motivate staff to always deliver food to a high standard.
• Ensure all deliveries are checked for high quality and quantity, following correct procedures if any issues with stock.
• Assist the Central Catering Manager in providing meaningful, accurate information including sound budgetary control and monitoring of financial performance.
• Ensure excellent customer service standards are maintained.
• Periodically deliver special or theme days in collaboration with other the allocated School’s curriculum.
• Ensure that all cleaning systems are adhered to with appropriate daily, weekly and periodic monitoring.
• Ensure all cleaning checks are completed and recorded.

The above list of duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive definition of all tasks associated with the
post.