Head of Operations & Business Management

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description We are looking for an experienced Operations Manager to manage schools in and around the Bristol area, which will be a mix of primary and secondary schools. Previous catering and operational management experience is essential. This is a 52-week role working Monday – Friday.

At Caterlink, we very much believe that people work for people, so we want you to have bags of confidence and credibility, be able to lead and motivate and really develop your teams, bring them along with you and create strong client relationships across your portfolio of schools. Being commercially astute is also essential for this role and in addition to this you will need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up and help the teams when you need to.

We believe that living by our KPIs is key to success - Health & Safety, Retention, Quality and Finance. Competitive salary plus a performance-related bonus

Monthly car allowance or company car

33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays

You will be eligible to join our Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva

Private health care with BUPA

Fully expensed company laptop + mobile phone

Virtual GP for you and your family (eligibility rules apply)

We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!

Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time

With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.

As our core business is mainly in term time, the school breaks do enable the opportunity to catch up and plan for the next term, which isn’t always a luxury in a business operating 52 weeks of the year

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