What's involved with this role: Temporary Unit Catering Manager Reference no: GMP BL 0009 0B08 / 1 Pay Rate: £14.51 per hour PAYE 37 Monday – Friday, 07:00 - 15:00 This opening assignment is for 2 months City: MANCHESTER GMP Vetting required They'll need to be able to show that they can motivate and manage a small team of caterers to provide excellent service to customers and also hospitality. Responsible for the training and development of the Mobile Cook and Catering Assistants and will need experience of this. Need to be able to demonstrate their experience and knowledge of cost control and budget management and have experience of liaising with suppliers and customers at all levels. Key Responsibilities: Allocate duties to, and supervise/manage unit catering staff. Any additions to planned menus - specific attention to price is noted in order they are in accordance with the directions of the directions of the Operations Manager Ensure the continual availability of menu items in accordance with agreed tariff items. Ensure the highest standards of food delivery and service including food presentation, cleanliness of catering area and equipment etc. Ensure food items are delivered in line with correct cooking procedures and manufacturers instructions. Ensure the delivery of an efficient hospitality (tea, coffee, buffets, working lunches) service when requested and where requested. Complete volume-forecasting records, control purchasing of all goods and supplies ensuring portion control is maintained. Ensure trading percentages are maximised and external markets are monitored, completing trading returns and all other returns relating to purchase, cash, stock etc. Liaise with suppliers, check freshness and quality of food and control stocks. Ensure that demands for additional or emergency Catering Services are complied with. Ensure the safe handling of cash in accordance with the policies and procedures of the section Qualifications: City and Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or equivalent. Knowledge: Knowledge of personal hygiene, food hygiene and health and safety procedures. Experience: Supervised/managed/trained staff in a catering environment. Skills & Abilities: Capable of ensuring budgetary control is achieved e.g. monitoring budget, maximising income potential. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you) – please give full details within your CV document. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please