Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- CHS Grade D
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-CHS1540
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield Solutions Ltd
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
- Town
- Huddersfield
- Salary
- £29,482 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Facilities Manager – Catering Services
CHS Grade D
CHS is able to offer a wide range of services. Our scale enables us to offer competitive rates and we have a long track record of providing high quality, customer-focused services. Â
We offer comprehensive estates, facilities management, medical engineering, catering solutions and procurement services supporting the provision of safe, effective healthcare to our communities. We are committed to delivering our Green Plan goals of reducing carbon emissions, air pollution, waste generation and improving recycling throughout delivery of our services. We also enable profit to go back into patient care.
CHS recognises that its staff are its greatest asset and that its business is its people. The company aims to create an environment and culture of openness, trust and honesty. Â We encourage and celebrate diversity because broader perspectives, skills, experience and knowledge will enrich and enhance the value we bring to each other, our clients, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Job overview
To supervise and lead the operational day-to-day management of Catering services, delivered to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring quality services are delivered in compliance with relevant service specification and key performance indicators.
To ensure the continuous delivery of services and respond to service failures in a timely manner.
To ensure all associated policy and procedures are implemented as required.
Main duties of the job
To supervise and lead the operational day-to-day management of Catering services, delivered to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, ensuring quality services are delivered in compliance with relevant service specification and key performance indicators.
To ensure the continuous delivery of services and respond to service failures in a timely manner.
To ensure all associated policy and procedures are implemented as required.
Working for our organisation
At CHS we understand the differences in delivering our services in complex environments and we have a flexible approach to meet the needs of our customers. Our Estates and Facilities management functions alongside our Medical Engineering, decontamination and procurement service, provides the following:
- Fully managed estate and building maintenance
- Medical engineering/equipment maintenance/ decontamination
- Procurement advice, guidance and governance
- Capital project management
- Transport
- Grounds maintenance.
- Portering
- Catering
- Cleaning (including robot and deep cleaning)
All provided to nationally recognised standards giving you assurance that your premises and equipment will be the best they can, and your customers will have confidence in you as a provider.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Good working knowledge and understanding of the provision of facilities services in the given service functions.
- Good organisational and managerial skills, ability to prioritise and organise own and departmental workloads
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to HNC level or equivalent, in an associated field.
- Professional knowledge and experience to NVQ 3 level equivalent, plus additional knowledge to diploma level acquired through training and experience or City and Guilds
- IOSH Managing Safely or Equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Food Safety in catering
- Sound knowledge of HACCP
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good understanding of the provision of facilities services in the given service functions
- Good organisational and managerial skills, ability to prioritise and organise own and departmental workloads
- Experienced at working to deadlines.
- Ability to manage own time
- Multi-tasking skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to produce reports in relation to facilities services in the NHS environment
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable and significant experience at junior manager or supervisor level within the Facilities Management environment.
- Ability to lead and manage FM service delivery teams
- Good interpersonal and relationship building skills along with a proven track record in delivering quality in service provision.
- Excellent ability to communicate effectively in writing and face-to- face.
Desirable criteria
- A general understanding of the NHS procurement process
General
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by the Company/Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trustst be eligible to work in the UK.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
- Able to fulfill the health requirements of the post as identified in the Job. Description, taking into account any reasonable adjustments recommended by Occupational Health
Desirable criteria
- Membership of an associated professional organisation/institution e.g. British Institute of Facilities Management
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adrian Brown
- Job title
- Facilities Manager Catering and Retail services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01484355965
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