Chef Coach - Lifetime Training Ltd : Job Details

Whether you’re already a Trainer, Assessor or Coach, or thinking about becoming one, it’s time you made the change to Lifetime.  

What will you be doing? 

The hospitality sector is changing rapidly. As a Chef, you’ll know the pressures, the challenges and the opportunities the industry is facing. As experts in this area too, we’re playing a key role in developing the professionals of the future: the talent that will shape the changing face of an industry we all love and that plays a critical role in the economy. 

If you want to use your experience to shape the future, this is where you can do it. Along the way, you’ll grow your skillset, gain a teaching qualification and open up even more professional opportunities.   

Working with learners at their place of work, in most cases for many of the UKs best loved hospitality names, you’ll deliver the apprenticeship standard. That includes providing the support, guidance and motivation that helps them to get career-building qualifications. You’ll also help them to achieve transferable skills (in Maths and English) if needed, managing your own admin along the way.  

It’s also rewarding to know you’re playing your part in rebuilding a sector impacted by both Brexit and Covid – and can enjoy a better work life balance with no late finishes or weekend working!   

As industry champions, we’ve established the Loving Hospitality initiative and operate our Chef Academy, an advanced Apprenticeship programme to support retention

What will you bring to the role? 

As well as recent or up-to-date experience gained in the kitchen, you’ll also have: 

• Extensive, relevant vocational experience of both Front of House and Back of House within a management role.  You will also need experience of professional cookery.
• Experience of preparing, cooking and finishing a substantial range of fresh and seasonal dishes
• NVQ level 2 or 3 in professional cookery
• Experience of working in high demand environments, to targets and tight deadlines
• GCSEs English and Maths (C or above or key skills equivalent)

What is in it for you? 

In return for applying your skills and experience to drive real change across your industry, and as well as enjoying an exciting, life changing role, you will enjoy a package of benefits designed to reward your hard work and realise your professional potential:   

And to get you started, we also offer:  

• Full training designed for you 
• Structured support to achieve a teaching/assessor qualification
• Protected and comprehensive CPD time 

You’ll also work flexibly, from home and out in the field, giving you the opportunity to fully support learners while enjoying a good work/life balance

Giving back to you – our Group Benefits

• 25 days' holiday rising with service and your birthday off.
• Holiday purchase scheme for those life changing trips and moments.
• Long service reward and recognition
• Enhanced Pension
• Group Life Assurance – 3 x Annual salary
• Unlimited access to six Smart Health services including a 24/7 virtual GP
• Health Cash Plan
• Access to curated wellbeing content and our Employee Assistance Programme
• Perkbox
• To support your work/life balance we give you the opportunity of flexibility within our core working hours (9.00 – 5.30).
• Enhanced sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity/Shared Parental and Adoption packages leave
• A reward programme and recognition programme and annual awards event

Who are Lifetime Training: 

We are one of the UK’s leading Apprenticeship providers, we help individuals and businesses realise their potential by delivering training that builds a better future for the industries in which we deliver.

Most importantly, we’re all about a democracy of opportunity so we put quality first, we work collaboratively, and we embrace change.

This applies as much to our people as it does to our employer partners and learners.

Our people are passionate about what they do and dedicate themselves to life-changing opportunities for themselves, our learners and our partners

Lifetime Training is part of the Lifetime Training Group. As a Group we are passionate about learning and creating life changing opportunities for our learners.  We are made up of four unique businesses, two of which focus on apprentice training across a range of professions, one that focusses on awarding qualifications, and one which develops the awarding software.  

We are at the forefront of innovative training and awarding and as a larger group network we can offer a broad range of development opportunities, great benefits and a people focussed reward and recognition offering.

Who are Innovate

Innovate Awarding is an independent awarding organisation with a 'no surprises approach' to assessment.  We provide End-point Assessment services for apprenticeship Standards, and vocational qualifications for work-based learning and those transitioning to work, across 15 sectors and we're growing. We’re trusted by employers and their training organisations across the country to evaluate Apprentice competence.

Innovate is part of the Lifetime Training Group. As a Group we are passionate about learning and creating life changing opportunities for our learners.  We are made up of four unique businesses, two of which focus on apprentice training across a range of professions, one that focusses on awarding qualifications, and one which develops the awarding software.  

We are at the forefront of innovative training and awarding and as a larger group network we can offer a broad range of development opportunities, great benefits and a people focussed reward and recognition offering.

Wherever you join us - in whatever role - your hard work and ability to work collaboratively will change lives.