Food & Beverage Training & Compliance Officer

Blue Arrow has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Food & Beverage Officer, with a focus on Staff Training and Restaurant Compliance, in the picturesque city of St Andrews.

Our client's established restaurant requires an experienced Food & Beverage Officer to support their back-office administration. The role will be primarily office-based, with a focus on Training, Compliance and Profitability/Procurement.

The ideal candidate will be a people person with extensive experience in a catering environment, with a Catering Qualification of NVQ Level 3 or equivalent. Ideally, the candidate will also have additional Food Safety/Health & Safety qualifications (e.g. First Aid at Work, IOSH Managing Safely etc).

In the role, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring food costings are accurate and that dishes are fully described for replication
• Ensuring all Health & Safety regulations are in place, including HACCP and COSHH
• Training new staff and ensuring everyone is up to speed
• Ensuring at least 85% compliance in Food Hygiene/Safety across the department
• Ensuring the maintenance of equipment and planning/advising on the procurement of new equipment
• Ensuing stock is received and rotated correctly etc.

This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to use their expertise in hospitality/catering, away from the customer facing/service-based aspects of the role.

The role will be primarily Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week - with excellent work/life balance. Exceptions would be when an end of month stock take falls on a weekend.

A full person specification can be found in the table below.

Salary: Up to 40,000p/a depending on experience

Benefits

• Competitive Pension Scheme with 12% employer contributions
• 31 days annual leave per annum - increasing to 35 days after 4 years' service
• Exclusive discounts to venues across St Andrews and beyond
• Award schemes on a non-contractual basis
• Travel to Work scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Paid incentives to recommend a friend

Person Specification

This section details the attributes e.g. skills, knowledge/qualifications and competencies which are required in order to undertake the full remit of this post.

Attributes

Essential

Desirable

Education & Qualifications

Catering Qualification - Minimum level NVQ level 3 (or equivalent)

Food Safety Qualification - Minimum Intermediate Level

IOSH Managing Safely

First Aid at Work

Experience & Knowledge

Experience of all sections of the kitchen in a restaurant environment

Experience of multi-site units and/or catering contracts

Competencies & Skills

Excellent People Management Skills

Collaborative and directive management skills

Excellent Communication and presentation skills

Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages/Stock Control system

Delivering of set KPI's on time and to the brief

Organisational skills

Excels in the ability to lead, coach and develop a team

Ability to provide innovative solutions

Commercially outcomes driven

Other Attributes/Abilities

Builds and maintain working relationships internally and externally

Strives to continuously learn and develop yourself and the team

Demonstrates a passionate food culture to customers and peers

Demonstrates professionalism, motivation, flexibility and enthusiasm

Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team

Work to achieve high standards at all times

Problem solver with a can do atitude.

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