Kitchen Manager – South West Norse 

• Salary: £14.21 per hour. Equates to £29,556.80 pro rata
• Location: East the Water Primary School, Bideford - EX39 4BZ
• Hours per week: 27.5
• Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 2pm, Term-time only

South West Norse have an opportunity for an experienced Kitchen Manager to join the team based at East the Water Primary School, on a permanent, part time basis. 

You will use your skills and experience to deliver an exciting and varied menu that utilises locally sourced and healthy ingredients, delivering an excellent level of customer service for the school. 

Providing input into menu planning and costing, you will help us deliver a catering service that provides a nutritional lunchtime meal, leading and directing a small on-site team to ensure preparation is delivered on-time and to high quality standards.

Your Experience: 

Alongside your passion for catering and enthusiasm for establishing a brand-new kitchen service, we are looking for you to demonstrate knowledge and experience for the role, including:

• Experience leading a busy kitchen environment, capable of organising catering staff as well as being hands-on with meal preparation and cooking 
• Knowledge of menu development and costing, with a focus on promoting healthy and nutritious meals 
• A relevant qualification in Food Hygiene, with experience applying your knowledge within a catering environment 

Our Offer: 

All salaries for part-time positions are worked out pro-rata of the full-time equivalent salary shown in the advert, calculated on your contracted hours per week. 

You will have the chance to work in a friendly, customer service focused environment, and alongside our company benefits package, you will have the platform to develop within the industry with a national company.

Please read the attached job description and person specification to ensure you meet the criteria for the role before applying. 

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. Please click here for details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders. 

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.