Pay Scale 4: points 21-24, currently £25,310 - £27,636 per annum
Hours per week: 37.5 hours, including evenings and weekends

Closing date: Thursday 20 July 2023
Interviews to take place: TBC

Benefits: include free parking, free lunch, free hot drinks, generous annual leave, generous pension scheme, health cash plan, NUS discount cards, a unique working environment, 6 acres of beautiful grounds

This College is committed to equality of opportunity, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

In 2021, we were very proud to affiliate with the Black Leadership Group. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion

We are currently looking to appoint a Kitchen Manager to manage the day to day delivery of the college’s catering provision. To be considered for this role you must have experience of managing a team in a busy kitchen environment and experience of planning and monitoring diverse menus which meet a range of dietary requirements including allergies, healthy options, vegetarian and themed meals. You’ll ideally hold a Level 3 food hygiene certificate and have experience of maintaining a 5 star food hygiene rating. The right person will be someone who is able to bring a team together to deliver an outstanding catering service, someone who has a creative passion for diverse, modern and vegetarian cookery and someone who is able to liaise with different groups of stakeholders and bring feedback and ideas together to shape the service. If you meet the criteria above and would like to apply for this role please download and complete an application form and equal opportunities form and return them to [email protected] by the closing date.

Fircroft is a residential college occupying a former Cadbury family home, set in six acres of beautiful grounds in Selly Oak, Birmingham. We were originally founded to provide educational opportunities for some of the most disadvantaged and excluded members of society. More than one hundred years on from the birth of Fircroft College, its mission of ‘social justice’ is more relevant than ever. Fircroft is a thriving and ambitious College, our values are embedded throughout the organisation and we are consistently nominated for sector and professional awards as an employer. We were assessed at “Gold” Level once again in 2021 by Investors In People. As an organisation we are truly passionate about climate change and sustainability and we were the first College to declare a climate change emergency - in joining our team you will have an incredible opportunity to make a real difference in this vital area.  You can have a look at some of our ongoing environmental activities here.

Application Form

Equal Opportunities Form

Kitchen Manager JD