Food Development Officer - Nottingham Catering

Nottingham Catering is seeking an effective, dynamic and passionate Food Development Officer to join our award winning team to provide specialist support and drive improvements forward to develop our education and commercial catering services, Nottingham Catering takes pride in putting our children at the heart of what we do with school catering and in providing high quality food and beverage offers in our commercial cafes. As a key player in our team, you will ensure our catering services continue to thrive and grow, adapting to the ever changing environment whilst maintaining excellent standards of service and ensuring the council delivers Best Value. The knowledge and expertise you bring to this role will help design menus and catering functions to meet the expectations of our customers.

· Experience of providing catering services with a diverse customer environment. · Good standard of numeracy and literacy. · Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate essential. · Detailed knowledge of current Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) to ensure compliance of food hygiene regulation. · Experience of developing, reviewing and improving processes and systems. · Experience of working in a customer focussed service area and meeting the information needs of customers and colleagues. This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role. A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Are you someone with a passion for food, with experience in the catering industry who is looking for an exciting new challenge? At Nottingham Catering, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional catering services to schools across the city and the wider D2N2 area. Working within the Education Services Directorate you will be part of a focussed and dedicated team that values innovation, excellence, and customer satisfaction. Join us in shaping the future of school catering in Nottingham. Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

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