Chef Manager

• Chef Manager
• Salary in range of £30,000 to £33,000 depending on experience
• 37.5 Hours per week
• Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 15:00
• Weekend work required for cover on holidays and absences
• Location is York Nuffield Hospital, Haxby Road, York, YO31 8TA

Job Introduction

Join our dedicated team at York Nuffield Hospital, where you'll play a vital role in delivering exceptional food services to both patients and staff. You'll lead a dynamic team of 12 professionals in creating a safe, clean, and welcoming environment, ensuring every meal meets the highest standards of quality and safety. From managing staffing to overseeing patient and staff feeding operations, you'll be at the heart of a busy healthcare setting. You'll also have the opportunity to build strong relationships with clients, attend key meetings, and represent Sodexo with pride. If you're passionate about service excellence and thrive in a fast paced environment, this is the perfect role for you.

What You'll Do:

• Ensure all provisions are ordered in line with Sodexo policy, using Drive or nominated suppliers for non food goods
• Maintain cleanliness and proper maintenance of kitchen and food service areas, reporting issues promptly
• Manage team performance through training, induction, and competency assessments to ensure service excellence
• Oversee compliance with safety and regulatory standards, including audits, temperature checks, and health and safety protocols
• Control staffing rotas and manage labour within budget to ensure smooth daily operations
• Handle billing, cashing up, and account closing in accordance with Sodexo procedures
• Liaise professionally with hospital management, clients, and subcontractors to ensure service delivery
• Manage deep cleaning, equipment maintenance, and contractor schedules to uphold hygiene standards

What You Bring:

• Organised and by able to deliver on time
• Track record of developing and leading a team
• Good written and verbal communication
• Proficient with Microsoft office suite
• Previous management experience in delivering results
• Experience in managing client relationships
• Food Safety level 3
• ⁠Managing high health and safety standards

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we also offer a range of resources, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
• Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or larger problems where you may need additional support, including legal and financial advice, support with work related issues or personal issues such as bereavement.
• Access to a free health and wellbeing app that provides rewards for maintaining a healthy lifestyle and includes access to a 24hr virtual GP and various other services.
• The Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 (also open to friends and family) and/or the prepayment cashback card.
• Money Insights and financial benefits via the Salary Finance Platform.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Sodexo Retirement Plan
• A Death in Service benefit for colleagues who pass away whilst employed by Sodexo
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Cycle to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Volunteering Opportunities to enable all colleagues to help support worthwhile causes in our communities.
• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Full training and full protective uniform supplied.

Ready to be part of something greater? Apply today! Career progression for the caring profession.

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advertisement early if we are in receipt of a high volume of applications.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of Onsite Food and FM Services, Benefits and Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents and Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Sodexo Disability, Ability network, So Together, Generations and Origins.

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