Catering Manager

Service: Health and Social Care Partnership

Closing Date: Thursday 21 May 2026

 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Argyll and Bute Council as a Catering Manager within Ardfenaig Care Home. This role is ideal for someone confident in leading people, managing kitchen operations, and maintaining high standards of food safety and quality. You will be central to the day‑to‑day success of the catering service.

Argyll and Bute is one of Scotland’s most stunning areas. As its award-winning council, we play a vital part in the day-to-day life and long-term future of our beautiful and diverse communities. Our unwavering purpose is to make Argyll and Bute the place to be, the place where people want to live, to work and do business. And we are committed to making the council the place to have a great career, by providing excellent benefits and a friendly, dynamic working culture so that each of our 5000 colleagues can deliver services that help our corner of Scotland thrive. Join us to make a difference.

This role is based within a local authority care home, providing a vital catering service for older adults. The Catering Manager is responsible for the day‑to‑day running of the kitchen, leading a small team and working closely with care staff, residents, and families to ensure individual needs and preferences are met.

Key duties include menu planning and food preparation, ordering and stock control, budget management, and maintaining high standards of food hygiene and safety, including compliance with HACCP and Safe Food System requirements.

The role plays an important part in supporting residents’ health, wellbeing, and daily quality of life through safe, nutritious, and enjoyable meals.

You will be a confident and organised Catering Manager who enjoys leading people and bringing ideas to life.

With experience in a residential or commercial catering setting, you will take pride in producing good‑quality food, maintaining high food safety standards, and supporting your team to grow and develop their skills.

You will have the confidence to manage ordering, stock control and budgets, develop menus with knowledge of special dietary needs, and play an active role in shaping a welcoming dining experience for residents.

This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference by building a positive team culture and helping to make the catering service within our care home something special.

Our employees make good things happen in the day-to-day life and for the longer term future of Argyll and Bute. We want you to feel valued working for us. We offer various benefits to support you, such as a competitive salary, pension scheme, generous leave entitlement, cycle to work scheme, discounts on gym memberships and leisure centres, wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for learning and career growth. We also embrace a modern approach to work, offering a flexible first approach where possible to requests from our employees to how they work.

We care about our people and the world around us and always aim to do the right thing. From employee recognition schemes to environmental policies we have many initiatives in place to help us look after the things we all care about.

Learn more here Argyll and Bute Employee Recognition Programme, Disability Confident, Armed Forces, Fair Work First Statement, Equality and Fairness, Climate Change, Hybrid and Flexible Working Policy

Argyll and Bute Council recognises the numerous benefits of a positive work-life balance to the wellbeing and productivity of our employees. We will take a flexible first approach to requests from our employees to change the way that they work. While we must balance such requests with the need to ensure the quality of the important services we deliver is not compromised, we will ensure that each request is given careful consideration with a view to achieving a positive outcome wherever possible.

Applicants should note that:-

• Happy to talk about flexible working arrangements.
• This post is not suitable for job share.
• The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013, as amended, applies to this post.
• This post requires Protection of Vulnerable Group (PVG) Membership in relation to working with adults.

 

 

To apply for this vacancy, please click on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.

If you would like clarification on any information contained within the vacancy advert and/or the job description please contact the recruiting manager, who is:-

Nan Anderson, Unit Manager

Contact Telephone Number: 01546 603368

Email: Nan.anderson@argyll-bute.gov.uk

Please note that you cannot apply for this vacancy by contacting the recruiting manager, applications must be made by clicking on the Apply Now button at the top of this page.

Please also note that we do not accept CVs, only applications completed and submitted via the Apply Now button on this page.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging. To find out more about our commitment to this please visit Equality & Diversity Policy