Catering Supervisor

Catering Supervisor – Barford Primary School

Permanent

• Grade 3 - £27,254 - £33,699
• Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
• Working 36.5 hrs hours per week - between 7:30am-3pm (Hours to be confirmed)
• (Pro rata/term-time only) including 3 cleaning days in school holidays and 5 Inset days

Looking for a role that fits around term-time and makes a real impact? Join Cityserve—Birmingham City Council’s award-winning school catering service, where fresh, nutritious meals and pupil wellbeing are at the heart of everything we do. This is a fantastic opportunity for those who want meaningful work in a supportive, fast-paced environment that values teamwork and community.

As a Catering Supervisor, within Birmingham City Council, you’ll help deliver healthy meals to children across Birmingham, working closely with your team to keep kitchens running smoothly. Your day-to-day tasks will include:

• Preparing and cooking meals for all pupils and some staff
• Planning and controlling all aspects of the service
• Ensuring the kitchen is maintained to the highest of cleaning standards
• Costing, stocktaking and keeping appropriate records using IT skills/ Word/Excel etc.
• Food ordering using the Saffron IT System
• Management of staff and training
• Maintain a budgeted menu with balanced diets and allergen control
• You will work collaboratively with managers and supervisors to ensure the first-class delivery of food in school kitchens

We’re looking for warm, reliable team players with a passion for food and great customer service. If you’ve got good communication skills, a Food Safety Level 2 certificate, and a “can do” attitude, we’d love to hear from you. Experience in a similar environment is a bonus, but your enthusiasm and commitment matter most.

Cityserve is a Birmingham City Council catering service for school meals providing fresh and nutritious food for school kitchen across the UK, healthy eating is a continuous theme throughout all our menus and we are committed to the wellbeing of pupils. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a busy environment, delivers excellent customer service and is able motivate and support team members.

About You;

Essential:

• Food Safety Level 3 Certificate (in date)
• Qualifications in Food Catering – i.e. 706/1 & 2 etc
• Allergy Awareness Certificate (in date)

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk 

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application.  The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post.  Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words.  Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Job Description and Person Specification

We are a disability confident employer and we encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. We also welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) may need to apply for a visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and may require a Certificate of Sponsorship from Birmingham City Council for a skilled worker visa (if the job is eligible).