Services for Schools Manager

Services for Schools Team

37 hours 

Grade L Scp 43 £51,515 to Scp 47 £55,780, plus car user allowance  

Permanent contract  

Essential requirements – valid driving licence, Qualification - Degree Level  

The Role:

We are seeking to recruit an effective leader to be responsible for the strategic and operational management of our School Meals and Building Cleaning Service.

Reporting to the Director of Place, you will be responsible for a team of operational managers, support staff and circa 700 frontline staff.

The service plays a key role in supporting the Bolton 2030 Vision outcome of ensuring ‘our children get the best possible start in life, so that they have every chance to succeed and be happy’.

About You:

You will have extensive operational management experience and advanced knowledge of the commercial food industry and cleaning industry in relation to large-scale contracts (often delivered across multiple sites) in the education sector and business/commercial sector.

You will possess dynamic leadership skills and be an excellent communicator with broad experience of engaging with key stakeholders, including Headteachers, Business Managers, parents, children and young people, and elected members to promote service development and excellence.

You need to be a forward thinker and passionate about the service - someone who can effectively manage, persuade and negotiate within a commercial setting and bring forward innovative solutions. You will also be able to adapt to change easily and have a high level of financial acumen and experience of working in the public sector.

About Us:

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. 

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.  

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see the Work with Us page on greater.jobs;  for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.