Sous Chef

Salary Starting from £26,707, rising to £30,378

Grade Grade 5

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Monday 05 October 2026

Interview date Friday 30 October 2026

Reference KD13917R

Special Conditions A variable shift pattern, working 5 days out of 7

Are you an experienced chef ready to take the next step in your career?

We are looking for a Sous Chef to join our busy Campus Services catering team. This is a great opportunity to use your culinary skills and experience to help deliver high-quality food, excellent service and a great customer experience across our University catering operation.

Working alongside the Head Chef you will:

• Take responsibility for the kitchen in the head chef's absence.
• Lead, support and develop a team of chefs and catering colleagues.
• Produce quality food in a busy, high-volume environment, including functions and events.
• Support menu development, promotions and new food initiatives.
• Manage stock, food costs, rotas and food safety standards.
• Help drive excellent customer service and continuous improvement.

You will be an experienced chef with strong kitchen management and leadership skills, ideally with experience in a high-volume catering environment.

You will have a relevant Level 3 qualification (or equivalent), good knowledge of Food Safety/HACCP, and the ability to lead a team, work under pressure and deliver consistently high standards.

Experience of menu development, costing, stock management and staff training would be an advantage.

This is a permanent, full-time role of 36.5 hours per week, working 5 days over 7, with flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required.

If you're passionate about food, enjoy leading a team and want the opportunity to develop your career in a varied and fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Campus Services New Starter bonus *. In addition to the great benefits Campus Services’ offers, we can offer you a £1,000 bonus. This is payable the month after successfully passing your six months’ probation.
Please note this bonus is pro rata for part time positions.

This role is also eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus*. If a university staff member has ‘referred’ you to apply for this vacancy they may be eligible for a bonus. Please ensure when applying, that you select ‘Referred by current member of staff’ or note their name when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?'.

The referrer must be noted at time of application to be considered.

* Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equityand intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.

We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount…