Caterlink - Group Manager

Location: Cumbria (covering schools across Carlisle & Barrow‑in‑Furness)
Salary: Up to £32,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Hours: 52‑week contract | Monday to Friday

Are you an experienced catering and operations leader looking for a role where you can truly make an impact?

We’re looking for a confident and credible Group Manager to lead catering operations across a portfolio of schools in Cumbria, covering Carlisle and Barrow‑in‑Furness. This is a hands‑on leadership role where you’ll support, develop and inspire your teams while building strong, trusted relationships with your school clients.

As Group Manager, you’ll be responsible for:

• Managing and developing multiple school catering teams across your region
• Driving high standards in food quality, service, and health & safety
• Building strong client relationships and acting as the key point of contact
• Managing budgets and delivering strong commercial performance
• Supporting teams on site when needed – this is a visible, hands‑on role

At Caterlink, we very much believe that people work for people, so we want you to have bags of confidence and credibility, be able to lead and motivate and really develop your teams, bring them along with you and create strong client relationships across your portfolio of schools. Being commercially astute is also essential for this role and in addition to this you will need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up and help the teams when you need to.

We believe that living by our KPIS's is key to success - Health & Safety, Retention, Quality and Finance. In addition to this, if you believe that People, Perception, Passion and Pride could also enhance your growth, success and development then this may be the role for you and we would love to hear from you!

Successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure. Salary dependant on experience.

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work/life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme