We are recruiting a Catering Manager, earning potential up to GBP 40,000 (plus PRP).
The Lincoln College Group is seeking to appoint an experienced Catering Manager with a passion to deliver a first class catering service across the college campuses, meeting the diverse needs of our students and to support the provision of catering services to external contracts. The successful candidate will have excellent commercial acumen and be financially literate.
We are looking for candidates who can:
- Lead the development and implementation of a future vision and marketing strategy for the College's breadth of catering services.
- Be responsible for the kitchens' financial performance. Ensuring revenue targets are met across the three sites through budget management and development initiatives.
- Manage and develop the relationship with all venues and clients in your portfolio, ensuring that they generate leads and opportunities for growth to increase and identify new revenue streams.
- Lead a large catering team across multiple sites with a diverse offering of products and services.
- Day-to-day full operational responsibility for the three sites. Including, but not limited to, stock control, cooking and food preparation, staff rota management (including working with School Heads to schedule work experience/curriculum learning), ensuring smooth operation of the equipment and monitoring the quality of the products and services.
- Ensure that COSHH, Food Safety and Health & Safety regulations are adhered to and any incidents are reported in line with procedures.
- Operational planning and running of Ad hoc duties (e.g. external contracts).
Candidates will require the following:
- Understanding of the commercial impact of costs and services.
- Commitment and passion to create a vision for the future and inspire others to follow.
- Genuine interest in providing an excellent service.
- Previous experience within a fresh food catering environment.
- Capable of organising and running daily college dining and large events.
- A flexible and hands-on team player.
- Have experience managing a team.
Preferred but not essential:
- Experience in an educational or similar setting.
- A relevant degree/HND subject (e.g. Business Management Studies, Culinary Arts or Culinary Management).
What you will get in return:
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team and make a big positive impact to the college and our students! As well as an exciting and rewarding career, employees have access to a wide range of benefits. Find out more information via our online Employee Benefits booklet.
Lincoln College is passionate about developing the capability, capacity and wellbeing of its employees.
Next steps:
Please email your CV to hrrecruitment@lincolncollege.ac.uk if you are interested in this position or require further information.