Senior Chef Manager

Leeds City College is looking for a Senior Chef Manager to manage all student & staff catering outlets at the Quarry Hill campus, which form part of Luminate Education Group. The role will require providing a range of freshly produced nutritious meals that our students and staff will enjoy whilst providing an outstanding level of service. This hands-on role will require someone to effectively manage a team of food service assistants working across 2 cafes. The post holder will require a keen eye for detail and driving standards, especially in relation to the implementation of food safety standards and food profit & loss.

This role would suit anyone looking for a challenging role with a high level of support, working Monday to Friday daytime shifts with only very occasional evening and weekend work. We are also able to offer this role on a term time only contract if required (advertised salary would then be pro rata).

What You Will Do

• Cook and prepare meals and snacks for the café, ensuring menus are innovative and nutritious, current and meet the needs of our customers.
• Control the budget for the purchasing and ordering of food, achieving GP margins and control other costs associated with the business.
• Motivate and train the team of Food service assistants to ensure they provide a high-quality service for our customers & students.
• Accurately record purchasing invoices and manage stock to achieve the budgeted GP.
• Support other chef managers and staff within the department working at different sites.
• Responsible for the catering team and manage any staffing issues effectively.
• Ensure all due diligence, HACCP and allergen legislation & food safety training is adhered to at all times.

About You

• Level 2 Food safety certificate.
• Relevant experience, knowledge and understanding of cooking in the catering & hospitality sector.
• Experience of managing a team and supporting them with training and development opportunities.
• Ability to follow Food Hygiene systems and monitor due diligence records.
• Able to effectively and positively deal with customers and increase sales through effective retailing.

Benefits

• Generous Annual leave entitlement - If you work full time, you'll get at least 39 days holiday plus bank holidays. This includes closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
• Support Staff 39 days
• Academic 44 days
• Senior Management 44 days
• Excellent Pension schemes
• Memberships and discounts - employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
• Travel and commuting - discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Learning and development opportunities - including staff development days
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities - this will vary depending on role requirements

About Us

Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people's lives through genuinely transformative education and training. We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress. As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you'll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in recruitment is key to our Group's values. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that embraces equality, diversity and inclusion in all its forms, where every candidate is treated with fairness, respect, and equity. Our recruitment processes are designed to ensure equal opportunities, remove bias, and promote a diverse talent pool. We continually assess and improve our practices to ensure that every individual, regardless of background, has an equal chance to succeed. By championing EDI, we aim to create a workforce that reflects the richness of our communities and drives innovation through diverse perspectives.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly. We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies. We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.