Executive Chef - University of the West of Scotland : Job Details

Campus Services

Paisley Campus with travel to other UWS campuses as required

Head Chef (Official title: Executive Chef)

THE POST - Executive Chef

The University of West of Scotland are recruiting for an Executive Chef to join the Campus Services team at our Paisley campus. As an Executive Chef, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Paisley kitchen team.Ensuring the purchasing of products, food preparation and production, menu planning, overall kitchen operations are managed effectively and in line with operational requirements.

Managing the Paisley kitchen team, the post holder will be involved in allocating and prioritising the workload of the team to ensure operational and business needs are achieved. This involves making sure that all staff are fully trained and compliant across all food safety and food hygiene procedures to successfully provide an outstanding customer experience. As well as this, the Executive Chef will lead onthe planning and design of menus and create innovative choices for customers across retail, hospitality and events.

The successful candidate should have the following:

• Intermediate Food Hygiene certificate (Willing to work towards Advanced certificate and achieve within a reasonable timescale.)
• Full Driving License
• Experience of working as a Head Chef in a busy commercial kitchen environment
• Banqueting, functions and events experience
• Previous management experience with the ability to lead and motivate a team
• Ability to perform a number of tasks simultaneously, handling disruptions in normal service and last-minute requests

ABOUT US

The University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland’s largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 200 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2023 Young University Rankings).

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
• An additional days leave on your birthday
• Defined benefit contribution pension scheme (currently 19.3%), including death in service benefits upon joining the scheme.
• A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
• Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
• Fitness facilities across our campuses
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Closing Date: Thursday 6th March 2025

Interview Date: week commencing 17th March 2025

Please not that this is a two- stage interview process where suitable candidates will initially be invited for a face-to-face interview and if successful will then be invited for a practical assessment where they will prepare a dish for the panel.

The University reserves the right to shorten/extend the closing date of any position where a high/low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

You can find out more about how the University uses your personal data as part of the recruitment process by looking at the UWS HR Applicant Privacy Notice.

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a "Disability Confident" employer.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520.