Heritage Catering Lead Nottingham, England
Job description
Heritage Catering Lead
About the Role
Organisation: Nottingham City Council
Salary: Starting Salary is £28,371 (Level one) rising to £30,151 (Level two) ‘pro rata for part-time’
Working Hours & Contract: Fixed Term - Maternity Leave cover – 1929 hours per year
Location: Nottingham Castle, Wollaton Hall & Deer Park & Newstead Abbey
Closing date: 23rd June 2023
Interview date: TBC
Are you an individual who has significant experience of catering best practice? Do you have previous experience of high quality functions and events? If so, come and join the organisation with a world of wonder on our doorstep.
We are pleased to announce we are re-opening Nottingham Castle, and as part of this great news, we have a fantastic opportunity to hire a Heritage Catering Lead.
At Nottingham City Council, you will be expected to demonstrate our core behaviours, linked to four themes; Individual Leadership: by putting our citizens and customers first, delivering against your objectives, helping to set direction, and putting forward ideas for improvements; Equality Diversity & Inclusion: by ensuring we consider the needs of all NCC citizens in our work, show respect for others, upholding and adhering to the Council’s Code of Conduct; Change & Innovation: by being creative, delivering change when needed, sharing problems, and helping to bring forward suggestions for improvements; Collaboration: by working well with others, identifying the needs of colleagues and others to deliver great services and by being a good communicator who works well with a range of audiences.
The successful candidate will plan, manage and co-ordinate the heritage museum sites catering and hire operations including additional catering units or events for the museum service, through daily food production, active participation, supervision, training and mentoring to deliver an outstanding eating experience.
Essential Criteria
· Significant practical experience of catering best practice including the production and service of exceptional quality food and drink, using fresh ingredients
· Experience of high quality functions and events
· Full understanding, experience & knowledge of all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety compliance requirements inc HACCP, Food Safety, Allergens, Licencing
· Experience of leading a team
· This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) (English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.
· The role requires you to participate in the on call rota, working weekends, evenings, school and bank holidays.
Why Us? Our Rewards and Benefits
There has never been a better time to join Nottingham City Council. Known for inclusivity and innovation, we have also won a host of Employee Benefits Awards, are a leading employer of Apprentices and we are continually working around the clock to deliver high quality services for Nottingham’s citizens, visitors, and investors.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – work life balance plan just for you
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a Nottingham City Council employee you can find them on our Job Opportunities page.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
Nottingham City Council are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and we are striving to have a reflective workforce of the citizens we serve. As a result of our commitment, we anonymise all applications to remove the risk of unconscious bias. The application process will capture your personal details (including your name) and these details will only be made visible to recruiting managers once the shortlisting stage has been completed.
Further Information
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Rachel James, Email: [email protected]
Nottingham City Council is open to conversations regarding flexible working options at the point of interview.
TO APPLY – PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE - WWW.NOTTINGHAMCITY.GOV.UK AND VISIT THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES PAGE
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Salary: £28,371.00-£30,151.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Application question(s):
- To apply, please visit our website: www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Work Location: In person
