Area Manager

Welcome to Impact Food Group (IFG). We one of England’s fastest-growing school food providers, serving around one million students every day across more than 1,500 schools. We are dedicated to delivering high-quality, nutritious meals that support student wellbeing and enjoyment.

Our brands include Innovate, Cucina, Chapter One (Independent Schools), Hutchison, and Dolce, reflecting our breadth of experience and reach across the school catering sector.

Are you an experienced Contract Catering multi site Manager who still likes to be involved with Food?

Looking to make a real difference? Be part of a growing business with a powerful social impact mission.

We’re not going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

About the Role

Job Title: Area Manager

Area Covering: Wokingham area

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 40 hours per week

Working Weeks: 42 weeks per year (5.6 weeks holiday pro rata)

Pay Details: £38,000 per year plus milegae paid

Join Our Team...

You will manage the catering service across local school sites, ensuring the catering conforms to company and school standards and be responsible for assisting with financial management, together with ensuring service delivery is of a consistently high standard.

You’ll bring multi-site management experience, a genuine passion for food and service, and strong craft skills, with the confidence to step into the kitchen and support when needed.

You will…

• Managing a patch of schools and be responsible for the day to day running of the area, training and setting targets with kitchen managers.
• Liaising with school business managers through various communication methods.
• Implement food safety policies where applicable.
• Overall responsibility for health & safety standards across your area.
• Dealing with HR matters such as appraisals, disciplinaries etc.
• Recruitment & retention of staff.

What You’ll Bring

• In order to succeed, you will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of managing others, and will have experience within a similar role and environment.

• The ability to build and maintain effective client relationships.
• Recognised Food Hygiene and Catering qualifications.
• Craft skills.
• Experience in Education Catering.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Excellent communication skills.
• IT literate.
• GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English.
• The position is subject to a successful DBS clearance (cost covered by Dolce).
• A full UK driving license with own car is essential.

• This role is suited to either an established multi-site manager or someone with extensive Education Catering experience who is ready for a step up into multi-site management.

What’s in it for you?

You will be required to work the 39 weeks of school term-time and an additional 3 weeks throughout the year. In return, we can offer you a competitive salary, a contributory pension scheme and the chance to work with a forward-thinking team.

We’ll give you the opportunity to grow and build a career you can be proud of.

You’ll have access to a wide range of free qualifications and ongoing development opportunities, as well as a staff discount scheme across over 850 retailers.

We also run monthly incentives, giving our top-performing teams the chance to win shopping vouchers and other rewards.

Next steps…

If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

This role will require both an interview and a kitchen visit as part of the selection process.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

We are a committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.