Team Leader – Halls of Residence

The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China and Malaysia.

Your role as Team Leader

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and customer focused Team Leader to join our Catering Team. You will be responsible for the operation, organisation and supervision of a dining room within a student Halls of Residence.

Main duties for this core position within the catering team will include preparing the dining room and servery area for service, organising Formal Dinners and other events and all aspects of training, motivating and supervising staff including preparing rota's and using the departments time and attendance system. You will also liaise with suppliers and other internal departments and will ensure excellent service is provided to our customers at all times.

Candidates should have supervisory experience gained within a similar environment, proven planning, administration and organisational skills and have experience of stock control.

Further details regarding the duties for the post can be found on the attached job role profile.

What’s in it for you

• Ongoing support to develop your skills and gain industry recognised qualifications to further your career ambitions that may lead to different career paths and career progression.
• An excellent holiday allowance of 26 days, plus additional university closure days and bank holidays (pro rata)
• Employee Assistance Programme and Counselling Service- 24/7 support.
• Supplier discounts, travel, and reward schemes.
• Staff Networks, events and activities and state of the art sports facilities.
• All the tools you need to do a great job.
• Uniform provided.

Hours of work are 36.25 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7 to be arranged mainly between the hours 11.45am and 8.00pm for 52 weeks of the year including regular weekends. Flexibility to work a range of shifts will be required.

Please note occasionally there might be a need for an earlier shift between 7.00am-3.15pm and during special events due to business needs the hours of work might slightly differ with shift finishing at 10.00pm

The successful candidate for this post will be expected to attend the Estates and Facilities training courses which will run each day, Monday to Friday mornings at University Park.

Further details will be given at interview. The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 30 minutes.

All of our vacancies are available to view at:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx

Informal enquiries may be addressed to David Butler, email [email protected]. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Learn more about the university commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

We are delighted to share that we are the first university to have achieved Athena Swan Gold Award.

We want you to succeed in our recruitment process and have published Candidate Guidance for you to access information and support on application and interview process.

We offer a range of benefits, visit Your Benefits website to learn what we can offer you.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe and we want to make your transition to living in the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page to find out more.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.

Closing Date: 20 Sep 2024
Category: Operations and Facilities