Compass Group UK & Ireland
Sous Chef
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Link to apply via Compass - https://www.compass-careers.co.uk/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=225213
Job Title: Sous Chef
Salary: £14.42 p/h
Job Type: Part Year contract (30 weeks of the year) during term time hours, 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday)
Start Date: 7th September 2026 (Flexible)
Closing Date for Applications: 23/8/26
A bit about us…
Compass Group are a world-leader in providing great food and guest experiences to millions of people across the world every day. We are proud to be the catering partner to Northumbria University, providing a wide range of catering outlets and experiences to thousands of students every day.
What we can offer
- Free gym membership at the university's state of the art sports centre
- Free meals during your shift
- Contributory pension scheme
- Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
- Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
- Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
- Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
- Receive Wow Points every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
- Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
- You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families
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What you will be required to do:
- Work with the Executive Chef, to create and provide menu items at our Foragers Restaurant at Coach Lane Campus.
- Work alongside the Unit Manager to ensure that menus are created weekly, maintain stock levels with efficient ordering and taking a lead on stock counts regularly to maintain targeted levels of GP for the Unit.
- Lead Front of House staff where needed, ensuring that staff are following recipes and specifications for menu items, monitoring and delivering training where necessary.
- Support Unit Manager in day-to-day operations for the Unit’s kitchen and during busy term time service.
- Computer knowledge would be beneficial to create menu plans, allergens and print labels, log food wastage on our online platform, The Source, where training will be provided.
- Help support managerial tasks if required, e.g., be a point of contact for the Unit’s staff in the absence of the Manager.
- Orders should be fully accounted for when delivered and goods receipted on our food purchasing platform, Foodbuy Online.
- In absence of the manager, ensure that takings for the unit are recorded on Nexus, with safe counts conducted correctly and takings uploaded online to Microsoft Teams.
- Usual working hours will be 7am-3pm Monday-Friday. Occasional weekend or evening hours may be required for specialised events.
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What is necessary:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment during term time hours where the University is open
- Ability to multi-task and plan time effectively leading to a well-run and smoothly ran operation in the Kitchen.
- Ability to lead the Front of House team and provide support and/or development when needed, leading by example.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to learn tasks quickly
- Previous experience working in a kitchen background – preferable if in education or hospitality
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