Food Service Supervisor, Leeds

Job Title: Food Service Supervisor Salary: Commencing at 26,195 with progression to 26,855 pro rata, per annumClosing Date: About the Role

32.5 Hours per week

Leeds City College are looking for a Food Service Supervisor to join our catering team and support the Catering Manager in delivering an excellent service. You will play an important role in ensuring high standards of customer service, food quality, health and safety, and smooth day-to-day operations.

You will provide guidance and support to the catering team, help maintain accurate records and administrative processes, and contribute to the successful delivery of catering services and events. The role offers a varied and rewarding working environment, with some evening and weekend work required to meet the needs of the service.

Based at our Leeds Conservatoire Campus, a leading specialist higher education institution based in the heart of Leeds city centre, with a vibrant community focused on music, performing arts and creative disciplines.

*Actual salary for 32.5 hours per week commencing from 23,009 with progression to 23,588 per annum.

ends where required.

What You Will Do

• Deliver a consistently excellent customer service across retail catering, hospitality and licensed bar operations, ensuring customer needs are met and expectations are exceeded.

• Assist the Catering Manager in delivering a smooth and efficient catering services day to day, events and performances, taking responsibility as the lead on shift when required.

• Supervise, guide and support catering staff, allocating duties, monitoring performance and contributing to induction, training and development.
• Maintain operational standards including food safety, allergen compliance, hygiene, health and safety, stock control, EPOS, cash handling and accurate record keeping.
• Support hospitality events and service improvement initiatives, maintaining attractive retail displays, product availability and positive relationships with students, staff, visitors and external clients while upholding Group policies.

About You

• Food Hygiene Certificate and a good understanding of food safety and hygiene standards.

• Experience in cateringand hospitality, withthe ability towork effectively ina busy environment.

• Able to organiseand support colleagues, communicate clearly andwork well aspart of ateam.

• Friendlyand professional approachto customer service, with experience usingtills, handling paymentsand promoting products.

• Reliable and adaptable, with the ability to use initiative, solve problems and maintain high standards when working under pressure.

Benefits

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:
Annual leave:
Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays
Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays
Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:
Teachers Pension Scheme
Local Government Pension Scheme
Peoples Pension Scheme
CPD opportunities:
Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to peoples 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, Estatesand 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 youll 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.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.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 We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. Its not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyones contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIES We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward anyunsolicited CVsin 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.