Kitchen Manager

This role sits within our Education division - catering for students. Dedicated to providing high-quality, nutritious, fresh, and sustainable food for our younger generation, we're 100% committed to supporting a healthy diet. At Taylor Shaw & Edwards & Blake, we're driven by the knowledge that young people deserve and need the best food for their wellbeing; we do food with a difference. What you'll be doing... As a Kitchen Manager you will proactively manage teams on site as well as be accountable for recruiting, inducting, training, and supporting colleagues to deliver an efficient, high-quality service to Elior UK, our customer and clients. Responsibilities:

• Responsible for preparing, cooking and serving our students with your team
• Motivating and managing a talented team
• Controlling and managing a budget
• Accountable for ensuring ongoing team communications, including building internal and external relationships, management reporting and client liaison to enable operational excellence
Elior is committed to safeguarding children and colleagues. Candidates that are shortlisted for this role, will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, including Children's Barred List, and two suitable references. Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 2:00pm, 32.5 hours per week, term time only What can you bring?


• Genuine interest in customer service excellence
• Focused on the front line
• Proven team leader experience
• Self-motivated and able to work well unsupervised
• Previous experience within catering essential
• Previous experience within a mangerial role desireable
  
  At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded. As part of our causal team we offer:
• Flexible Working: We offer full-time, part-time and casual contracts, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
• FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.
• Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect: Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community
Why it's great to work for us... Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK's leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:
• Workplaces & Office Space
• Sporting Venues & Stadiums
• Public Sector & Defence
• Health, Care & Hospitals
• Schools, Colleges & Universities
Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we're committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled. That's why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us! Elior Celebrates Equality Our aim is to celebrate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, continuing to make Elior a great place to work! Every colleague has a distinctive set of values, skills, and aspirations. To ensure that we attract, develop, and retain best people from the widest possible talent pool we're committed to providing an inclusive environment where our colleagues fulfil their potential and have the opportunity to succeed.