We are seeking to appoint a Head Chef to help a busy and thriving Warwick School Catering Department to ensure an exceptional standard of food is delivered to our Day Students and Boarders & functions and events. 

Do you thrive in a busy kitchen, supported by a brigade?

Reporting into the Executive Head Chef for the Foundation, you’ll be managing the kitchen on a day-to-day basis. You will be responsible for delivering excellent service, ensuring the quality of the food is to a high standard and provide ongoing training to your team.

What will I do?

Ensure food being prepared and leaving the kitchen is to a high standard and consistent.

Purchasing of food and relation items from nominated suppliers.

Keeping with in et budget.

Attend Food Forum, Food committee and Operational Meetings.

Work closely with Front of House Staff.

Identify your individual team’s areas of development and provide relevant training.

The role is for approximately 37.5 hours per week, all year round. Exact working pattern to be confirmed but the successful candidate will work for 8 hours per day (with a 30 minute unpaid break), working 5 out of 7 days per week. 

The salary scale for this role is Point 33 – to Point 36

• FTE £37,371 - £40,421

For further information, please see the job pack below.

Closing date: 18th December 2023.

We are seeking to appoint a Sports Centre Administrator to help a busy and thriving Sports Centre.

The post holder will be the first point of contact of all visitors to the Sports Centre, greeting customers in person or on the telephone, dealing with enquiries and complaints regarding the Sports Centre's Swim School and School Hire. 

This post will report to the Sports Centre Operations Manager. 

Hours of work:

• 37 hours per week (36 minute unpaid lunch break), five days over seven, all year round.

Please note that the exact working pattern for this role is to be confirmed. 

Pay Banding: Foundation Support staff pay scale points 12-15. 

• £21,745-£22,739 actual.

For further information, please refer to the attached Applicant Information Pack. 

The closing date: 12th December 2023 at 12pm noon. 

Interview date: 14th & 15th December 2023.

We are seeking to appoint a permanent Site Operative who is a good team-worker with a confident, professional, and approachable manner, the ability to be flexible and discreet; someone who is organised, works well under pressure, has high attention to detail and has good interpersonal skills.

The successful applicant will have solid customer service qualities and will enjoy being part of a busy, hard-working team which makes a significant contribution to the life of the schools.

Hours of work:

• 6:00pm – 10:00pm (20 hours per week), all year round
• Further hours can be offered for the right candidate.

Pay Banding: Foundation Support staff pay scale points 11 – 14. 

• 20 hours: £11,607 – £12,105

For further information, please refer to the attached Applicant Information Pack. 

The closing date: Monday 11th December 2023 at 12pm noon. 

Interview date: Monday 18th December 2023.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancies early.

We are seeking to appoint a Kitchen Store Person to help a busy and thriving Catering Department. The successful candidate will have experience of working in a catering environment or similar and will have the ability to demonstrate good food handling and production techniques.

Duties of the Kitchen Store Person include:

• To manage and control all goods-in and storage areas.
• To liaise directly with suppliers if there are any stock issues such as poor quality, damaged or missing items, ensuring the Senior Sous Chef is made aware.
• To effectively stock rotate all areas.
• To ensure there is correct segregation between cooked and raw items as well as allergenic foods.

Hours of Work: 07:00am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday (40 hours), all year round.

Pay Banding: Points 12-15 of the Foundation Pay Scale. Actual: £23,508 – £24,583

Please refer to the attached Applicant Information Pack for a detailed job description and further details.

This role will close on sufficient applications, and interviews will be as and when applications are received. Please note, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we have sufficient applications.

We are seeking to appoint a number of Casual Catering Assistants to support our Foundation Catering Department, providing high quality food for the core pupil dining service.

All contracts are on a casual, zero-hours basis, so a high degree of flexibility is offered. 

We are delighted to be able to offer the new Foundation Living Wage of £13.06 per hour including holiday pay (£11.16 per hour excluding holiday pay). 

The successful applicants will ideally have previous relevant experience; however, what is most important is a willingness to learn and a positive, can-do attitude.

Please refer to the attached Applicant Information Pack for a detailed job description and further details.

Should you wish to apply for this role please complete both parts of the application form and send to hr@warwickschools.co.uk or contact the HR department on 01926 735413.

Please note, there is ongoing recruitment for this role due to its casual nature.

We are seeking to appoint two Kitchen Porters across our Foundation to support the Head Chef with the daily provision of meals and refreshments for the pupils and staff at both Warwick School and Warwick Preparatory School.

This will involve assisting in the preparation and service of all meals and refreshments, ensuring the kitchen and dining rooms are cleaned and maintained to a high standard both during and after service, and correctly storing, labelling, and rotating food items. The successful applicant will have previous experience working in a busy catering environment and an appreciation of cleanliness and hygiene standards.

The working hours are:

• Warwick Prep School: 37.5 hours per week, 07:30am – 3:30pm (Monday – Friday)
• Warwick School: 37.5 hours per week, work pattern to be confirmed (Monday – Friday)

Salary: £21,472 per annum (Fixed Point 11 of the Foundation’s Support Pay scales).

Please refer to the attached Applicant Information Pack for a detailed job description and further details.

Should you wish to apply for this role please complete both parts of the application form and send to hr@warwickschools.co.uk or contact the HR department on 01926 735413. The closing date for applications is as and when applications are received. 

Please note, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should we have sufficient applications.