Ref: FL2312 Job Title:Senior Catering and Retail Technician (Foundation Learning) Contract:0.6 Fixed Term until July 2026 Hours:22.2 Hours per week (Negotiable and can be discussed at interview) Salary: £15,432 - £16,801 per annum (based on a pro-rata salary £25,720 - £28,003) Cardiff and Vale Colleges Foundation Learning department deliver courses for young people with Additional Learning Needs and/or Disabilities and those at risk of becoming NEET.
The department grows year on year and our curriculum for 2023/24 includes 31 courses for 400+ potential learners across 6 different sites.
All our courses use a mixture of traditional classroom-based lessons and project-based learning to create a vibrant and engaging curriculum and we are looking for a senior technician to support this curriculum.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and maintaining safe systems of work in our independent living skills kitchens and for the stock management and ordering related to these spaces and the departments enterprise projects.
You will be responsible for providing Food Hygiene and Safety training to both learners and course tutors to ensure that our kitchen areas are compliant with Local EHO and Food Standards Agency regulations.
As you will be delivering this training then you must hold a Level 3 Managing Food Safety and Hygiene qualification.
You will have experience of working within hospitality or catering professions with the desire to bring their skills to ensure that our learners experience meaningful learning experiences that develops them as independent, skilled and employable people.
You will have excellent organisational skills and be able to appropriate manage and maintain compliance concerning food hygiene and safety.
The ability to speak Welsh is not essential for this role but we encourage applicants who can converse with our learners, staff and partners through the medium of Welsh.
In return we offer fantastic benefits including a generous pension scheme, access to various discounts at various Online and High Street retailers through our Reward Gateway scheme, Cash Health Plan and access to exciting career pathways at the college.
Applications are to be made using the Cardiff and Vale College application form only.
The college welcomes applications in Welsh.
Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application in English.
If we invite you to interview, let us know if you would like us to conduct the interview and assessment process in Welsh.
The closing date for completed applications is the 6 th January 2025 at 11:59pm.
Please note that CAVC is closed between 19 th December 2024 and 5 th January 2025 so queries during this time will not be answered.
To find out more or apply go to our website or contact the Human Resources Department on 02920250311 or send an email to our recruitment team.
All vacancies are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and employment will not commence without a valid up to date DBS check.
This is a contractual agreement that must be in place before your employment starts.
The Colleges procedure for the Suitability of Ex-offenders for Employment is available upon request.
These are contractual agreements that must be in place before your employment can commence.
We are committed to the recruitment and retention of disabled people, and are a positive disability confident scheme employer .
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