King's College London

About us:

Estates & Facilities are the stewards of King’s extensive property portfolio that enables innovative teaching and pioneering research across five campuses in central London. Made up of over 1,000 talented staff with a wide variety of roles servicing our campuses and community; together we ensure that students and staff have the estate, space, and services that enhance their academic experience while preserving and future proofing our iconic estate as King’s approaches it’s bicentenary.

About the role:

King's Food is looking to recruit a Catering Supervisor to join our team at King's College London's Strand campus.

As a Catering Supervisor, you will play a key role in the day-to-day delivery of high-quality catering and hospitality services across our restaurants, coffee shops and hospitality events. You will be involved in all aspects of catering operations, including food preparation, food service, till operation, barista coffee making and the coordination and supervision of hospitality events and services.

You will be responsible for overseeing daily catering operations, supervising and supporting staff, planning work schedules and breaks, and ensuring all services are prepared and open on time. You will also coordinate hospitality event setups and service delivery, manage stock and deliveries, order food and retail supplies from approved suppliers, and oversee cash handling, banking and financial recording procedures.

Working closely with the management team, you will help identify staff training needs, maintain high standards of customer service and ensure that catering and hospitality services are delivered efficiently, within budget and to the required standards.

You will ensure compliance with all relevant food safety, health and hygiene legislation, including HACCP, COSHH and allergen management procedures. This includes maintaining safe food handling and storage practices, preventing allergen cross-contact and ensuring accurate allergen information is provided to customers. You will also monitor the cleanliness, safety and condition of catering facilities and equipment, reporting any issues to management.

The role requires flexibility to support catering and hospitality operations across different locations as required.

A valid driving licence is desirable for this position.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.  You will be working 5 days out of 7, including some evenings and weekends.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with good numeracy, written and verbal communication skills.
2. Experience of working in a busy catering or hospitality environment, including food preparation, food service and hospitality event delivery.
3. Knowledge and understanding of relevant food safety, hygiene and health and safety legislation, including HACCP and COSHH procedures.
4. Knowledge and understanding of food allergen safety and management, including allergen identification, prevention of cross-contact and the provision of accurate allergen information.
5. Experience of delivering excellent customer service and maintaining high standards of food quality, presentation and hospitality service.
6. Experience of supervising and coordinating catering and hospitality teams, including staff scheduling, allocation of duties and supervision of hospitality events and services.
7. Experience of ordering food and retail supplies, stock control, receiving deliveries and handling cash and card transactions in accordance with financial procedures.
8. A recognised catering or hospitality qualification.

Desirable criteria

1. A valid UK drivers’ licence
2. A current food hygiene or food safety certificate

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further Information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found here.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

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 This post is subject to  Occupational Health clearances