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We are looking for a Chef Manager to operate our new café at Penistone Leisure Centre. You could be operating both the kitchen and front of house alone or with other staff.

You will organise daily operations, both front and back of house, delivering hot meals, snacks and home-made bakes. Responsibilities include ordering supplies, setting menus and pricing, and ensuring we meet all of our regulatory requirements. To be successful in this role you should have experience of managing a kitchen and front of house. You will be commercially aware and available to work during centre opening hours, mostly during daytimes, weekends and some holidays.

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Sporting Penistone is led by the community, for the community. We have a volunteer Trustee board who set the direction of the charity, a manager, 2 permanent staff, 5 casual staff and around 40 volunteers. As part of our recent refurbishment we now have a commercial kitchen, so intend to open a cafe at busy times. We want to welcome a chef manager who can run a friendly and successful cafe, to enhance other activities at the centre.

The Chef Manager is a permanent post, starting as soon as possible. The wage is £11/hr, initially for 20hrs/wk, with the possibility of additional hours to suit business needs.

Please look at:

Chef Manager – Job description and Person specification

To apply for this job, please send your CV and a covering letter demonstrating your suitability for the role to job@penistoneleisurecentre.org.uk.

To arrive no later than 12 noon on Monday 27^th September. Late applications will not be considered.

If you have any questions, or need this information in a different format, please also contact job@penistoneleisurecentre.org.uk

There will be interviews for shortlisted candidates, and a practical test.

Disability confident

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
– ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
– communicating and promoting vacancies
– offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
– anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
– supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work
– at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

If you have a disability and there is anything else we can do to support you to apply for this job, please contact job@penistoneleisurecentre.org.uk.

More jobs

We will soon be advertising more jobs – an additional admin person and someone on the kickstart scheme, so look out for those coming soon.

We are also looking for people to lead skating and nerf parties, to marshal for nerf and to be a party assistant. Please email nikki@penistoneleisurecentre.org.uk if you are interested in these.

We are always very keen to recruit more volunteers as well. You can apply at any time on our Volunteer Application Form.