GLL is looking for Catering Manager, to work at National Squash and Regional Arena. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Catering Manager, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Catering Manager job, it's a career. The Role of the Catering Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all catering operations at the centre. Ensuring that quality is delivered consistently, compliance with food safety standards, and alignment with GLL’s and customer expectations. The catering Manager will focus on menu development, cost control, staff training and supplier relation management to maximise customer and client satisfaction and profitability.

What you’ll do:

• Overseeing the mobilisation of new catering offering for National Squash and Regional Arena.

• Monitoring performance

• Budgeting and resource management

• Placing orders for stock

• Training & development of staff

• Assist in the recruitment of key staff

• Keeping up to date with competitors' products & business trends

• Reporting to Senior Managers

• Compliance and safety

• Strategic product development and support for all aspects of catering

• Supporting operations within the café team.

What you need:

• Knowledge of key performance indicators in the catering industry and their application and how they can be used to effect improvement.

• Up to date knowledge of developments in the catering industry.

• Willingness to promote Health & Safety Policy and a practical awareness of how to promote them.

• Prior experience working in a within the catering industry

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

• This is a full time contract working 39 hours per week.

• Working Monday to Friday with the occasional weekend

• We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry leading rates of pay

• We can offer a career, not just a job with extensive Learning & development support available.

• A uniform will be supplied and must be worn

• GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.

• As a staff owned organisation you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and t have a stake in your business

As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:

• A salary of £29,751.23 per annum

• A values driven organisation

• Learning & development to support career development

• Good pension schemes

• Discounted gym membership for you and your partner

• A full time permanent position

• The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we are run plus associated events

• Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal

• Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria

• Career Pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too

• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)

• 25% off Red Letter Days

• 25% off Buy a Gift

• 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products

• Ride to work scheme

• Free eye tests and discounted glasses

About GLL:

As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.