Campus Catering Manager

Job Introduction

• To manage all the catering operations in the senior boarding and day student campus at Villiers School, Limerick

• Responsible for the 7 day boarding residence in the school.

Role Responsibility

• To ensure financial aspects of catering/facilities operations are managed professionally and within the financial guideline agreed with the client 

• To ensure the premises are kept to agreed level of cleanliness, and maintain safe working practices at all times 

• To control expenditure undertaken as part of the contract including payment of wages, overtime, managing absence, bonus and other employee related costs 

• To represent Sodexo at client meetings as required 

• To attend appropriate training courses, conferences and meetings as directed by the company or client 

• To ensure the standards across the sites are in accordance with the service level agreements and key performance indicators as specified in the service contract 

• Recruit, manage, induct, train, motivate and appraise staff to promote good employee relations and operate within Company procedures, legislation and the Investors in people standards.  (Staff appraisals – PDRs –  to be conducted at least annually).  Maintain training records for all staff, ensuring that individual needs are recognised and met either through on or off job training 

• Hold monthly team briefing meetings using Company team brief format. 

• Deliver Sodexo’s S&U Fresh Food from Scratch food offer for all services. 

• Innovate the food and marketing offer on site with an emphasis on boarding student satisfaction, creativity, themed events and driving cash sales. 

• Be proactive in forming student engagement forums and regularly seek their involvement in the school’s food offer. 

• Implement Right Time & UDC payroll systems. 

• Implement Recipe Online and the new DRIVE systems as required. 

The Ideal Candidate

• 2 - 3 years leadership and supervisory experience preferable 

• Excellent interpersonal skills 

• Excellent team building skills 

• Good financial acumen 

• Good front of house skills 

• HND or equivalent 

• Relevant vocational qualifications an advantage 

Package Description

• 20 days annual leave increasing to 25 with service
• Free GP service
• Bike to work scheme
• Life assurance
• Company pension scheme
• Eye care vouchers
• Employee assistance program with counselling and life advice supports
• Family leave options
• Shopping vouchers
• Training, development, and progression opportunities

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

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 are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process