Chef Manager

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WHG1520 - Chef Manager

Salary - £19,246 per annum

Locations:

Shrewsbury (The Coppice)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, covering a rota from Monday to Sunday

The Organisation

We are at the forefront of making a difference to people’s lives. As a socially minded business, we provide 13,000 homes for affordable and social rent and care services across Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire, and Staffordshire. We have ambitious plans to grow up to 16,000 homes by 2025.

Alongside our growth plans we are embarking on a fundamental transformation programme to modernise how we interact with our customers, engage communities and support partners. Everyone matters at Wrekin so we are investing in our people and the systems they use, all to improve quality and choice across the organisation.

Our vision and aims are clear and we are determined to deliver. We are looking for an outstanding individual to join us on this journey who will drive the strategy and delivery of our development programme.

We want individuals who inspire positive change, communicate clearly and enable our people to support each other and grow together so we deliver for our customers, right across our socially minded business.

ShireLiving

ShireLiving is a premium housing brand offering luxury apartments and facilities for the over 55s age group. Our aim is to create a hotel-standard environment for tenants.

Our developments are attractive, modern buildings that allow tenants to live independently in modern apartments, with the convenience of having all the help and support they need on their doorstep and the added benefit of being part of a friendly community.

These Services Include Catering Facilities, Which Cover The Following

Our aim is to provide a range of services on-site that match the needs of residents.

• Breakfast and lunch service in our attractive, on-site cafes - open to residents, their friends and families, and the local community
• Individual catering packages for tenants, with room service where required
• Event catering for social activities
  

Our tenants remain at the heart of every ShireLiving development, and we expect all staff to deliver the same standard of exceptional customer service.

The Role

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic individuals who can manage and deliver the catering service in line with required budgets, regulations and procedures. You will also be required to manage a small team to plan menus, order supplies, cook and serve traditional homemade quality nutritious food for our customers.

As a ShireLiving manager, you will play a leading role in in being the ’face’ of the ShireLiving.

What You Will Need

You will require excellent presentation skills and a passion for producing quality food. If you hold a current level 2 food hygiene certificate, can manage and work well as part of a team then this could be a fantastic opportunity for you. Ideally the successful candidate will also hold or be willing to work towards an NVQ Level 3 in catering (or equivalent.)

You will be working in a demanding and fast-paced environment, so you must be a conscientious, empathetic and hard-working individual who is willing to go the extra mile to deliver exceptional service.

Given the environment you will be working in, you must be able to demonstrate effective communication, strong team working, organisational, interpersonal skills and maintaining high levels of confidentiality at all times.

You will be expected to promote a positive, friendly and understanding attitude towards our customers, suppliers and colleagues in order to achieve consistency with the high levels of performance, efficiency and quality that is expected of our Employees.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake a DBS Check.

(Please see the person specification for full details)

Benefits

return we offer you an interesting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to join a supportive Organisation.

Closing Date: 22nd July 2021

Interview Date: 2nd August 2021