An exciting opportunity has arisen within the School Meals Service. This is a key leadership role within the head office team, which requires an extremely organised and effective Business Manager, with a track record of managing and delivering quality services within budget.
The role
This role will manage a team of office staff, ensuring all financial systems, procurement processes, absent management systems and health and safety regulations are fully compliant in 64 kitchens in Warrington. As Business Manager for the school meals service you will be responsible for the successful performance of the service against targets, continuously reviewing and setting action to improve, creating reports to inform senior managers within the council and schools.
You will provide a service support to the School Meals Account Managers, ensuring they are provided with the business intelligence and system support required for them to deliver a high-quality School Meals Service.
What's needed?
The successful candidate must have a degree and/or equivalent professional qualification, and/or have extensive experience and knowledge of business, finance and resource management. You will be an effective communicator with excellent attention to detail and the ability to assess risks and put in place systems to improve outcomes. You must have excellent IT skills, especially Excel, with an understanding of the role of IT in the modernisation of the service.
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:
* Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
* Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme
Key Dates & Further Information
This is a term time only permanent role working 37 weeks / 42 weeks of the year.
For further information about the post or for an informal chat, please contact Cassandra Small, School Meals Strategic Manager Telephone: 01925 442352 Email: csmall@warrington.gov.uk
The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
DBS clearance is required.
Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer.
Warrington Borough Council Offices, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT
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