Estates & Facilities

Location:  Highfield Campus
Salary:   £22,149 to £25,642 per annum
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:  Monday 17 October 2022
Interview Date:   To be confirmed
Reference:  1860322TD-R3

The Campus Kitchen is the University of Southampton’s in house catering service. We facilitate a multitude of services across the University to include the provision of food in catered halls, retail catering outlets across all campuses and a delivered catering service for all hospitality requirements. Our aim is to deliver a five-star food service, catering for a wide range of needs and requirements and enhancing the experience for staff, students and visitors on campus.

Campus Kitchen is recruiting a Catering Supervisor to assist in the day-to-day planning and operation of designated catering outlets to include cafes, a brasserie and a fine dining restaurant. 

A strong food and beverage knowledge, excellent communication and planning skills and experience in the running of a wide range of food retail outlets are essential. 

The working hours are on a full-time basis. There will need to be flexibility on hours as occasional evening and weekend work is required. However, this is not required frequently and notice of evening and weekend work is provided in advance. For more context, currently a typical working week looks like this, Monday – Friday, 7am - 7pm.

Additional working benefits include time off over the Easter and Christmas period due to University Closure days, bank holidays and a 36 hour working week. Lunch is provided to all members of the catering team during each shift subject to a mxiumum spend.

About you
 You will be a highly motivated, friendly, and proactive individual who takes pride in their work and prioritises the customer experience above everything else. You will strive to ensure excellent service standards and thrive when working as part of a team. You must be prepared to work extra hours and provide further flexibility during busy periods: September to November, Graduation weeks and Open days.

Come, join our friendly team and be part of our inclusive culture.

What we can offer you

Working at the University of Southampton gives you access to a wide range of benefits in addition to our competitive rates of pay. Our core benefits include pension scheme membership; a generous annual leave allowance (supplemented by University closure days and public holidays) and excellent family leave arrangements (including maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave). All our benefits can be viewed here

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, people who identify as LGBTQ+; and people with disabilities. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates from working class, first generation Higher Education, the Global South and other underrepresented groups.

Committed to supporting our staff and students, we are open to a flexible working approach. We give full consideration to applicants that wish to work flexibly and those who have taken a career break.

For an informal discussion please contact Cath Lambros or Adam Norris on 02380 594570.

Application Procedure 

You should submit your completed online application form at https://jobs.soton.ac.uk. The application deadline will be midnight on the closing date stated above. If you need any assistance, please call Janice Poon (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 2750, or email recruitment@soton.ac.uk. Please quote reference 1860322TD-R3 on all correspondence. If you are unable to complete the full application please upload a copy of your CV.

This advert may close early if we appoint a suitable candidate ahead of the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.