Catering Team Leader

Hours: 40 - Monday to Friday 06:00am to 17:30pm

We are looking for a Catering Team Leader to join us at our new site, HMP Ashfield.

This exciting opportunity is well suited to an experienced Chef who enjoys working as part of a committed team. To manage the catering operation within HMP Ashfield, in accordance with all relevant and current regulations, legislation and guidelines.

the delivery of catering services to the establishment and comply with all relevant Health & Safety and Safety Regulations, guidelines. Enabling the efficient management and leadership within the catering within the catering operation in HMP Ashfield.

Key Responsibility

• In this role you will be responsible for ensuring the department is well managed. Organising, leading and motivating the catering team and prisoner kitchen workers.
• Planning menus in consultation with chefs and kitchen workers, in compliance with the Prison Service Instructions.
• Ensuring Health & Safety food Hygiene regulations are strictly observed and controlled. Ensuring all kitchen workers and staff receive appropriate induction and ongoing training in all aspects of the catering operation.
• Maintenance checks of equipment and infrastructure are completed, and all equipment is fit for purpose and use. Setting, agreeing and achieving all financial targets and forecasts, keeping financial and administrative records and monitoring expenditure. Monitoring the quality of the product and service provided, setting standards of excellence.
• Interacting and leasing with all stakeholders, customers and suppliers. Contribute to business development.
• Keep abreast of trends and developments in the catering industry, such as menus and customer tastes and management issues.
• The responsibility of implementation of policy’s internal and external to the establishment such as Health & Safety, local security strategy (LSS).
• Directors rules. Prison service orders and food safety management system (HACCP).
• Ensure that staff are managed and supported in line with Serco company procedures, sickness absence, performance management, training and development.
• To assist in prisoner movements and searches to and from the kitchen and wings. To ensure the security of foodstuffs can be maintained during delivery. storage and distribution in the prison. To provide hospitality requirements when requested.

People Management

• Engage with an annual performance and development review, ensuring the objectives within the review are achieved (catchups).
• Meet required attendance and punctuality levels.
• Adhere to reporting sickness in accordance with the sickness policy.
• Conduct yourself in a way that contributes to a healthy workplace.
• Work to Serco’s governing principles and values by acting as a role model in every interaction you have with colleagues and managers, internal and external stakeholders.

Performance and key metrics

• Contribute to the delivery and achievement of all performance measures, contact outcomes and locally agreed targets including CDI's.
• Adhere to the Serco Code of Conduct.

General 

• regularly read PSO's/ PSI's appropriate to your work duties.
• Comply with all policy’s, procedures and legislation applicable.
• When dealing with workplace concerns ensure all grievances are reported to your line manager.
• Commit to personal training and development to ensure your skills and knowledge are maintained at the appropriate level.

Essential qualifications

• City and Guilds 706 level 1&2 or equivalent.
• Level 4 award in managing food safety.
• Level 4 award in managing HACCP for catering.
• Relevant management qualifications - e.g CMI - ILM.

Essentials

• Working in a people centred environment.
• Good working knowledge of a large catering operation, ideally with a minimum of 3 years experience in a similar post preferably within a custodial environment.

What we offer

• Competitive salary.
• Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
• Free staff meals.
• Free onsite parking.
• Use of onsite gym.
• An autonomous and supportive culture.
• The chance to make a positive difference to public sector services.