Chef and Service Facilities Manager

Package Description

• An Annual Salary of between £28'000-£30'000
• 52 week position
• Monday to Friday however we have a small number of weekend boarders, plus the potential for holiday Lets
• Hours to be flexible to meet the demands of the business needs at Terra Nova due to breakfast, lunch and supper service.
• Beautiful Location 
• We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more

Job Introduction

About the Role

Terra Nova School is a Leading Private Day, Flexi and Full Boarding School in Cheshire. Educating girls and boys from 2.5 to 13 years old. Outstanding facilities and set in 35 acres of incredible beautiful countryside.

A Fantastic opportunity has become available for a Chef and Services facilities Manager to join this small, friendly committed team at Tera Nova School.

You will need to foster long term profitable relationships with the school to maintain existing business and identify new business opportunities by delivering operational excellence

You will manage, motivate, organise and work alongside a dedicated facilities (Housekeeping) team to ensure we deliver service excellence and quality throughout the catering and school services operation ,adding innovations and deliver service excellence, providing a high standard of food, that is fresh and seasonal for each service. always ensuring that Health and Safety regulations (such as Food Safety and COSHH regulations) are followed.

Sodexo and our Clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This role will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (UK) and / or Disclosure Scotland (Scotland)

Being part of a busy team will allow you to demonstrate your excellent service standards, as well as give you opportunities to prepare, cook and present delicious, fresh dishes.

Main Responsibilities

The Ideal Candidate

• Craft experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent team building skills
• Good financial acumen
• Good front of house skills
• Relevant vocational qualifications an advantage
• 2 - 3 years leadership and supervisory experience preferable

About The Company

Why choose Sodexo?

You don’t just join Sodexo, you belong.   

What do we mean when we say belong?  

It’s simple. You create a company where everyone is respected and feels that their ideas count. You take care of the quality of life of your people. You make your workplace inclusive, encouraging people to bring their whole self to work every day. That’s our philosophy in a nutshell.   

A career at Sodexo won’t tie you down, it actively encourages your progress. The diverse range of roles we offer is truly infinite. Whatever your skills, experience or passion, you’ll be encouraged and supported to have a fulfilling career.  

We are committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Working Parents, Sodexo Disability, So together, generations and origins.  We have also launched Be Heard which is an employee network designed to bring black colleagues together (virtually) to bring about positive change.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.   

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Our benefits:   

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life, health and wellbeing for our employees we provide discounts and benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs. In addition to the essentials like 20 days holidays (plus bank holidays) and pension contribution, we can help you take advantage of being part of Sodexo with benefits such as;    

• Sodexo Discounts - discounts from over 1,200 top retailers with you earning WOW Points (cashback) as you shop   
• Talk – a free wellbeing support helpline for you and your family   
• Up to three paid days each year to volunteer
• Your Lucky Number Employee Lottery (this also supports the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation)
• Cycle to work    
• Life assurance