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The Growth Company (GC) Education and Skills team are looking for a Canteen Manager who will be based and provide catering services at The Trafford Skill Centre.

As one of the largest providers of skills and training in the UK, GC Education & Skills are dedicated to supporting businesses and individuals. We help people to develop their skills across a diverse range of sectors and levels and work with leading businesses to ensure our curriculum boosts the career prospects of individuals and productivity of businesses.

Key Responsibilities:

* Provide buffet and bistro catering services in line with the catering business plan.

* Create quality meals and snacks which meet customers’ expectations.

* Cost the menu to achieve forecasted gross profit.

* Provide excellent customer service which exceeds customer expectations.

* Order and manage stock which ensures the full menu can be always catered for.

* Enforce impeccable hygiene standards which exceed legislative requirements.

* Control stocks and cash effectively to minimise waste/losses.

* Manage the Chef and Catering assistants effectively.

About You:

* A good understanding of customer expectations and ability to design a service around them.

* A positive and flexible approach to role and hours.

* Ability to understand, demonstrate and apply GC values: Make a positive difference, stronger together, empower people, do the right thing, build on success.

Skills Required:

* Excellent food preparation skills.

* Basic Food and Hygiene certificate.

* Enhanced catering chef qualifications.

* Excellent understanding of food hygiene standards.

* Able to cost and price food to meet required profit margins.

* Ability to communicate effectively with all customers and stakeholders.

* Cash handling and leadership skills.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone including vulnerable adults and young people, we expect all staff to share this commitment. All Education and Skills appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures which include a DBS check and a professional social media check. These checks will be conducted by Due Diligence Limited (DDC Ltd) on behalf of GC. Please note that the successful candidate will not be required to pay for this.

If you are on the Barred List, it is against the law to apply and to be hired for a role that includes regulated activity with the concerned group.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce, we provide a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the essential requirements for a role. This commitment applies to candidates who have a disability or are from a diverse ethnic community.

As part of our application process, you can ask to be considered under this scheme if you are from an ethnic community or have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Providing that you meet the essential criteria for the role, you will then be invited for an interview. Your guaranteed interview application will only be shared with the Hiring Manager and our Internal Recruitment Team.

We are a member of the national campaign Ban the Box; this campaign aims to open opportunities for people with convictions to compete for jobs. We’re supporting the campaign by removing conviction questions at the applications stage.

GC aims to promote a culture of flexibility and agile working. Going forward we will be transitioning to a culture where full agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also recognise that there may be a need for more permanent flexibility in your working arrangements and in such cases, we encourage you to have these discussions at the interview stage, to enable your flexible working request to be considered as early as possible.

All GC colleagues will work inline with the Health & Safety at work act and the GC Health & Safety Policy