Head Chef
Ipswich School
Suffolk
- £31,686.25 per year
- New
- Salary:
- for 42 weeks per year
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 11 December 2024
Job overview
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (with some flexibility)
Permanent, full time, for 42 weeks per year
Required as soon as possible
Ipswich School has been listed as one of the top 100 schools in the country and is certainly one of the foremost independent schools in East Anglia. We were established prior to 1399, although we moved to our present site in 1852. We have just over 1000 pupils aged between 3 months and 18 years and are fully co-educational.
This is a rare opportunity for a passionate, suitably qualified and skilled Head Chef to join the School’s busy Catering Department. The department caters for over 1100 lunches each day for pupils and staff. We serve breakfast, lunch (and dinner to our Boarding House residents), and cater for daytime, evening and weekend functions and sporting fixtures.
We are looking for someone to drive our Chef team forward and who will show commitment, flair and innovation to ensure that the catering services supplied by the department are consistently of a high standard.
You will line manage the Assistant Chefs and will lead the catering team each day to ensure lunch service runs smoothly and on time. You will primarily be responsible for running the Senior School kitchen but will oversee, and be the first point of contact for, the Prep School and Boarding House kitchens.
HOURS OF WORK, SALARY AND BENEFITS
- You will usually work Mondays - Fridays 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, with a 30 minute break for lunch each day. This is 7.5 hours per day, 37.5 hours per week. You may be required to vary your start and finish times as required, for example to receive deliveries or oversee a function.
- You will be required to work 42 weeks per year. 35 weeks are worked during Ipswich School term times, and 7 weeks as required during the School holidays, including one or two days prior to the start and after the end of each term (as instructed by the Catering Director) to carry out a deep clean.
- The annual salary for this post is £31,686.25 per annum (for the hours above, worked for 42 weeks per year) and includes holiday pay in accordance with the Working Time Regulations.
- After 3 months’ service and/or in line with workplace pension legislation, you will be entitled to join our generous pension scheme offering 10% employer contributions
- Free lunch is provided during term time whilst the kitchen is in operation and staff are able to use the School’s swimming pool and fitness gym (in compliance with appropriate rules and regulations).
CLOSING DATE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGEMENTS
Please advise us of any special requirements you may have if you are called for interview. If your special requirements mean that you need to submit this application in a different format please contact us.
Completed application forms should be returned by noon on Wednesday 11 December 2024 to the Director of HR, Ipswich School, 25 Henley Road, Ipswich, IP1 3SG or email: hr@ipswich.school. Please mark the envelope Private and Confidential:
Interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing Monday 16 December 2024.
PLEASE NOTE
- Ipswich School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Having a criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining the position. The Ipswich School Policy on the recruitment of ex offenders and the Code of Practice relating to the Disclosure and Barring Service are available on request.
- Ipswich School’s employees are responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people they are responsible for, or come into contact with. The post holder must adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Safeguarding Children Policy at all times. If, in the course of carrying out his/her duties the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the School he/she must report any concerns to the School’s Safeguarding Children Officer (the Senior Deputy Head [Pastoral] for Senior School pupils and the Prep Deputy Head for Prep pupils and The Nursery Manager for The Lodge Day Nursery).
- Ipswich School’s employees are expected to attend training in safeguarding children as directed.
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About Ipswich School
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Ipswich School is one of the leading independent schools in the area. It has a long history dating back to at least 1399 and is known for its academic success, without being an educational ‘hot house’, its extensive sport, drama and music activities and its commitment to the local community.
Pupils at the school come from a really broad range of backgrounds, and this makes the school different to many others in the independent sector. The atmosphere is very positive and pupils really do get on well with each other and with teachers. Behaviour in lessons is first class and teachers are able to focus fully on their teaching and pupils’ learning without having to spend time and effort keeping everyone in order.
Those applying for teaching posts in the Senior School will find that class sizes are generally smaller than in the maintained sector, with Lower School classes typically being around 20, Middle School can be a little larger or smaller depending on subjects – but are never larger than 24. A Level classes in the Sixth Form are typically have around 10 – 12 students, with 15 students being the upper limit.
Teachers are well supported by Heads of Department and there is a first-class CPD programme in place which not only provides the latest on class room practice, but also involves a range of optional social events. Additional training is also available for all teachers.
For those looking at Prep School posts they will find wonderful purpose-built classrooms in a state-of-the-art Prep School building, small class sizes – typically around 15 in the Lower Prep and between 18 and 25 in the Upper Prep. They will also find parents are very supportive and keen to develop the potential in their children.
Those applying for support staff posts will feel themselves very much part of a community. There are no great boundaries between teachers and support staff. There is a well-refined CPD programme for members of the support staff, great opportunities for development and a fantastic range of benefits.
There are regular opportunities for all staff to get together socially. Recently staff events include drawing sessions, juggling instruction, gin and wine tasting, orienteering, a casino night and curry and carols at Christmas. Every other year the staff – support staff alongside teaching staff - put on a major end of year show for pupils to raise funds for charity, and these have included a pantomime, Staff do Strictly and – most recently - Staff Have the X Factor.
Facilities throughout the school are excellent with a brand new Music School, the extensive Ipswich School Sports Centre at nearby Rushmere, a specially-built Prep School and a recently-opened day nursery – The Lodge.
There is free car parking on site for teachers and support staff (though this can be a little tight at times in the Senior School) and a range of other benefits.
Supporting the community is one of the school’s core values. The school has a significant community programme with pupils visiting local care homes giving music and drama performances, pupils growing vegetables and giving them to a local charity, local primary schools taking part in our annual Festival of Music and a large pupil-led termly fundraising programme.
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