Contract: Education
Location: Harrow, HA1 3SB
Hours of work: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 07:30 - 15:00
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £14.80
We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion for food and a desire to grow within a supportive, development-focused environment.
As a Kitchen Manager with ISS UK, you will lead and support the kitchen team, overseeing food preparation and daily kitchen operations, ensuring the highest standards of quality, hygiene, and service are maintained.
Working closely with colleagues across the catering team, you will play a key role in delivering an exceptional dining experience for our customers.
The Role
- Prepare and oversee the production of delicious, high-quality food, ensuring consistency and presentation standards are maintained.
- Deliver outstanding catering services, supporting both kitchen operations and wider service delivery when required.
- Ensure meals are prepared and served efficiently, meeting service deadlines and maintaining a smooth workflow.
- Maintain exceptional standards of hygiene, cleanliness, and organisation across all kitchen and food preparation areas.
- Oversee daily kitchen operations, ensuring effective coordination of staff, equipment, and food preparation activities.
- Monitor and manage stock levels, placing orders and controlling waste to ensure efficient use of resources.
- Uphold all health and safety, food safety, and compliance standards to maintain a safe and secure working environment.
- Lead and collaborate with the wider ISS team to deliver an exceptional catering experience for colleagues and customers.
About You
- NVQ Level 2 (or working towards it) or an equivalent cookery qualification.
- A genuine passion for great-tasting food.
- Strong understanding of food hygiene principles.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships.
- A motivated individual with a desire to succeed.
- Committed to delivering high-quality service with strong attention to detail.
- Supportive, helpful, and a positive team player.
- Demonstrates exceptional timekeeping and reliability.
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. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
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 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.
To find out more about what we do - https://www.uk.issworld.com/
Work Location: In person
