Kitchen Manager
Contract: Education
Location: Greenford, London - UB6 0PB
Hours of work: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £15.35
We are seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead and manage a school catering operation.
Your primary focus will be delivering high-quality food for students while ensuring the smooth and efficient running of the kitchen. You will have overall responsibility for the school catering operation, setting and maintaining standards, managing budgets and targets, and leading a motivated and customer-focused team.
A key part of this role is strong leadership, building positive relationships with clients and students, and ensuring the consistent delivery of an excellent food service.
The Role
- Prepare and oversee the production of delicious, high-quality food in line with menus, recipes, and standards
- Ensure full understanding and compliance with allergen management and dietary requirements
- Deliver outstanding catering services both in and outside the kitchen environment
- Ensure timely meal service, meeting deadlines and maintaining smooth daily operations
- Maintain excellent standards of hygiene, ensuring all kitchen and service areas are clean, safe, and well organised
- Uphold all health and safety standards, ensuring a safe working environment at all times
- Work collaboratively as part of the wider ISS team to deliver an exceptional customer experience
- Manage, motivate, and develop a team of catering staff to consistently deliver a high-quality service
About You
- NVQ Level 2 in Professional Cookery (or working towards) or equivalent catering qualification
- Passion for great-tasting food with strong knowledge of school catering environments
- Excellent food preparation and cooking skills with a focus on quality and consistency
- Strong understanding of food hygiene standards and allergen management principles
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships
- Motivated, reliable, and committed to delivering high standards of service
- Supportive, helpful, and a positive team player
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou,
#facilitiesmanagement
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.
To find out more about what we do - https://www.uk.issworld.com/
Work Location: In person
