The Dragonfly Colchester hotel offers a relaxing and comfortable place to stay whether travelling for business or leisure. With Colchester’s historic City Centre just a few minutes away and the beautiful Essex countryside close by, it’s the ideal base from which to explore the local area. Inside the Dragonfly Hotel in Colchester, you’ll find every amenity that’s required for our guests to feel like it’s a home from home. You will be a Kitchen Team Leader/Kitchen Manager who thrives in a changing environment to bring your knowledge, skills and experience to our team. Main Duties of the Role: Responsible for operational aspects of the Kitchen and its success. To support the General Manager with the management of the Kitchen Division including controlling budget, cost of goods, rota planning and performance management. Development and design of new dishes and menus. Monitoring portion and waste control to maintain COGs and profit margins. Manage the day to day food administration ensuring systems compliance. Ordering stocks, taking deliveries of produce and stock rotation of food stuffs, auditing equipment and standards. Delegate, lead, coach and manage your Team appropriately. Control costs through correct stock ordering and minimising wastage, forecasting and managing workload. Be aware of the Licensing Laws in England, Scotland and Wales (where applicable). Key Requirements for the Role: Outstanding cooking skills Proven skills efficiently running the pass with a high volume of covers on busy shifts Great Communication skills Evidence of leading and managing a Team within a Catering / Hotel environment. A cooking qualification such as Diploma, NVQ or SVQ- preferably at Level 3 Experience of presenting an environment that exceeds our Customer expectations. Experience preparing menus of a variety of cuisines is highly desirable. In return for your enthusiasm, commitment and flare, we offer you: Discounted hotel stays- up to 50% off BAR Discounted us of restaurants across the group Bike to Work Scheme Increasing holidays Inclusion in Tronc scheme Retail and supermarket discounts Access to wages as you earn-through our partner Wagestream- giving you financial welfare support and access to savings pots too Employee Assistance Programme- free and confidential support for you and your family, 24/7 Apprenticeships development and training- access to training programmes and development to further enhance your career If the above sounds like an ideal fit for you, please get in contact with us, we look forward to hearing from you soon Surya Hotels is one of the UK’s leading niche hotel groups, with a rapidly expanding portfolio of outstanding properties, situated in some of the UK’s most idyllic settings, from historic Suffolk and Norfolk towns, Essex City or coastal resorts to picturesque Surrey villages. Our hospitality family has a ‘best in class’ ethos to exceed our guest expectations; creating experiences that embrace our heritage locations, our people and the communities we work within. We aim to consistently deliver best in class experiences with personality and warmth. From our warm welcome, to our ‘See-you-again-soon’ Goodbye. Stay. Explore. Discover.