Junior Sous Chef

Based in the heart of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College is looking to appoint a full time, permanent Junior Sous Chef to join our busy, friendly Catering team, providing a first class service for our college community.  This post will assist in the development and delivery of all meals in College and assist with sourcing locally produced products and serving high quality meals to students, staff, Fellows and guests.  

This role is varied, offering a broad range of cooking opportunities from every day College meals for students and conference guests through to fine dining for more formal events.  Full training is available to support the successful candidate's professional development.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a good breadth of experience, skills and achievements gained from working within a catering environment.
• Ensure accurate records are kept at all times relating to the food production and wastage, for all service periods. Ensure that all foods are labelled, stored and handled in accordance with the College and Health and Safety requirements. 
• Ensure all hygiene, health and safety standards are adhered to and the College’s Health & Safety policy are complied with. 
• Lead by example and be a valued team member, creating and maintaining a good team spirit.
• Supervise duties giving technical advice and guidance, when necessary.

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 Working arrangements

The full time hours are 40 hours per week, to be worked on a shift basis, including evenings and weekends.

Employment arrangements

• This is a permanent appointment (subject to a six month probation period). 
• Competitive salary of £33,000 - £35,000 per annum.
• Please visit the 'Join our Team' page for further details on our staff benefits.

Application process

In order to apply, please submit a completed application form and send it along with a covering letter or email, outlining your suitability for the role. Please also complete and submit an Equality and Diversity monitoring form.  If you would like to complete paper forms, please contact the HR team and arrange a time to collect documents from College.  

All documents should be emailed to the HR team at:  recruitment@caths.cam.ac.uk.

The closing date for completed applications is 9am on Monday 9 December 2024 however we will be screening applications and the closing date may be brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.  Early applications are therefore encouraged.