The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Trust Catering Business Officer at C/O Inspire Academy, Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 9RU.
To start: 15th January 2026
Trust Catering Business Officer full-time salary £46,142-£50,269
This is a permanent, full-time role, 36 hours per week, Term Time Only Plus 4 weeks with an actual salary of £43,554-£47,450 (TMBC Grade 1.1+ Points 35-39)
Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.
Victorious Academies Trust are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, hardworking and strategic thinking Catering Business Officer to develop Victorious Academies Catering.
Victorious Academies Catering has been a yearlong project taking 12 of our Trust Schools catering in-house, ensuring that children from Nursery to Year 6, across all our schools, receives a well-balanced, tasty meal every day.
This role would be suitable for someone who has experience of leading and managing the HR of people across multiple kitchens, ensuring compliance with health and safety and finance procedures and developing a business strategy for growth.
Victorious Trust Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.
The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:
• Applications close at 09:00 on Monday 15th December 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.
• Interviews will take place on Wednesday 17th December 2025
Please note we may close the advert as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so if you are interested in applying, please do so as soon as you are able.
Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.
All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We have a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The roles across our schools involve working with children and/or young people and are subject to our Safer Recruitment Process.
We do not accept CV’s, all applicants should complete a Trust Application Form and include on this the details of two referees who, if you are shortlisted will be contacted for a reference. Social media checks will be carried out for roles across our Trust. All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We may close the job advert for roles within our Trust as soon as sufficient applications have been received so please apply for advertised roles as soon as you are able. If you have any queries linked to any of the roles advertised please ring 0161 830 6964.
Visits to our schools are encouraged and warmly welcomed please contact the individual school to arrange this.