Chef Supervisor - HMP Brixton

Location: HMP Brixton
Contract: Full-time (39 hours per week)

Oversee catering operations within HMP Brixton, ensuring the safe, compliant, and high-quality delivery of food services. This role maintains catering standards while supporting and supervising a prisoner workforce, delivering training, promoting rehabilitation through skills development, and ensuring all catering services meet operational, safety, and quality requirements.

Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day kitchen operations, including food preparation, service delivery, and allocation of staff and prisoner resources.
• Lead, support, and monitor prisoners in catering activities, ensuring safety, engagement, and adherence to standards.
• Plan and develop menus, including special dietary requirements, ensuring quality, consistency, and compliance.
• Manage stock control, delivery checks, and kitchen resources to maintain efficient operations.
• Monitor hygiene, food safety, and kitchen standards across catering and residential areas, providing guidance and corrective action where required.
• Deliver training and assessments in catering and hospitality, supporting prisoners to achieve recognised qualifications (e.g. NVQ Level 1 & 2).
• Maintain accurate training records, learner plans, and assessment documentation in line with awarding body requirements.
• Support continuous improvement, equipment maintenance reporting, and catering delivery for events while ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety and regulatory standards.

Required Qualifications

• Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 or 3.
• Proven experience in a catering or kitchen environment.
• Ability to pass Prison Service vetting.

What we're looking for

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage, support, and supervise individuals effectively.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and hygiene regulations within a catering environment.
• Experience working to KPIs and SLAs within a structured environment.
• Basic IT skills to maintain accurate records and reporting.
• A supportive and resilient approach, with a commitment to high standards and rehabilitation outcomes.

Desirable

• Experience in a supervisory or training role.
• Exposure to working within a secure or custodial environment.
• Experience delivering accredited training or vocational qualifications.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact through skills development and rehabilitation.
• A stable and structured working environment with clear processes and standards.
• Pension and life insurance benefits.
• A supportive culture focused on development and continuous improvement.