Temporary Catering Manager
Job Type : Temporary, Full Time
Salary : £18.61 – £21.40/hour
Rocasa Consulting are looking for a Experienced Catering Team Leader working 35 hours per week covering Reading to Spelthorne paying up to £21.40ph via umbrella.
As a Catering Manager you’ll be a visible and supportive leader to the teams within your catering sites within retirement living schemes in Spelthorne, Windsor, Reading and Newbury.
You’ll line manage Chef Managers each of whom are responsible for running their own services.
You’ll be supporting your team with absence cover, which means you’ll need to pick up chef shifts which may include weekend cover – managing your working week flexibly. You’ll also be responsible for contract management of our food suppliers, and a third-party managed catering service in Reading.
Key responsibilities:
* Ensure that all catering services are run according to organisational and legal requirements, highlighting areas of risk and possible improvement and putting in place plans to resolve this.
* Champion continuous improvement and actively use resident feedback to improve service offer.
* Ensure that all catering sites are adequately resourced with suitably qualified and skilled staff, leading on recruitment where necessary – this will include recruitment to permanent roles as well as building and maintaining relationships with agencies who supply temporary staff.
* Compile key performance data and provide the story behind the data so that it’s easily understood.
* Managing the budgets applied to your catering sites and contribute to the setting of service charge setting each year.
* Champion the safeguarding of residents and staff, actively identifying and mitigating risk in your services.
* Support the development of the catering service in line with the Group's Care & Support Strategy 2020-25.
More about you:
* ?Whilst we are looking for candidates with the right skills and attitudes, you will likely be an experienced Chef / Chef Manager who is ready to take the next step in your career.
* You’ll hold City & Guilds 706/1 & 2 or NVQ equivalent, food hygiene Level 3 (or be willing to complete prior to starting with us), and if you also have a health and safety qualification then that’s even better.
* You’ll come to us with experience of people management. You’ll need patience and understanding, together with the passion to develop your team through coaching, supervision and (where necessary) performance management – overall creating a really positive working environment.
* You will have excellent IT skills as you’ll be using spreadsheets and word documents to manage invoicing and contracts, as well as email and Microsoft Teams to communicate with your teams and wider colleagues
More Information
- Address Reading, Berkshire
