Catering Manager

Catering Manager - St Christopher Hospice, Sydenham

White Oaks (Extra Care) 40 hours per week £40,000 per annum
Compass Group - Healthcare

We're looking for an inspirational Catering Manager to lead a multi-service catering operation at St Christopher Hospice, White Oaks. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference, delivering high-quality food and service across patient dining, a small café, and retail, within a compassionate care environment.

You'll take full ownership of both front and back of house teams, ensuring exceptional standards, strong team engagement, and a consistently positive experience for residents, visitors and staff.

What you'll do

• Lead and manage patient dining, café, and retail services to the highest standards
• Deliver a high-quality, compassionate dining experience tailored to resident needs
• Lead, coach and develop both FOH and BOH teams to perform at their best
• Build strong relationships with hospice teams and stakeholders
• Drive consistency, quality, and continuous improvement across all services
• Manage budgets, stock, labour, and KPIs to ensure efficient operations
• Maintain full compliance with food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards
• Oversee menu delivery, food production, and waste control

Who you are

• An experienced Catering Manager or similar, ideally within healthcare or care settings
• A hands on leader who can manage both kitchen and front of house operations
• Passionate about delivering a high quality, person centred service
• Confident managing teams in a fast paced but sensitive environment
• Commercially aware, organised, and solutions focused
• A strong communicator who builds trusted relationships with clients and teams

What you'll bring

• Experience managing multi service catering operations (FOH & BOH)
• Strong leadership, coaching, and people development skills
• Good financial awareness and experience managing budgets and performance
• A positive, proactive approach with a genuine passion for care environments

At Compass, you'll be supported to lead with purpose, develop your team, and make a meaningful impact every day through food and service that truly matters.

Benefits

• Free meals
• Onsite free car parking
• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, 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 cash rewards 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

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!