Greenacre School, a special school for children and young people with severe and complex learning disabilities, is creating this new post to run its newly built school café. The role combines managing a commercial café with teaching pupils practical vocational skills in food preparation, customer service and cleaning. It is a dual role with flexible hours that include occasional weekends, and the contract can be full-year or term-time by agreement. Visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Lead daily café operations, covering food quality, service, menu development and presentation
- Create a welcoming, inclusive café experience that builds a sense of community for customers
- Deliver hands-on vocational training to pupils across food preparation, customer service and cleaning
- Manage café finances, stock, pricing, inventory, supplier negotiations and cashless payment systems in line with Trust regulations
- Recruit, build and manage a reliable team of café support staff
Qualifications
- Relevant industry qualification such as City & Guilds or NVQ Level 3 in hospitality, catering or business management
Experience
- Significant, demonstrable management or supervisory experience in hospitality or catering
- Proven experience managing, training and motivating a diverse team
- Experience working directly with children, young people or adults with additional needs or SEN, including an understanding of safeguarding
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
- Appropriate references
What’s offered
- Choice of term-time only or full-year (52-week) contract, to be discussed at interview
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
