14925 - Front of House Manager Leeds

£20,448 - £24,486
1
12 Months
North West
Leeds
LEEDS JL LEEDS, LS6 4QA
EO
D
Permanent
Full Time
Other

Background

(Former HMCS Estate Management)

HMCS Estates manages a large court estate, including a number of historic buildings. This is based on a regional structure with central overview and advice.

Responsibility for new acquisitions and freehold disposals providing professional advice (including Landlord & Tenant) as required. Ensure that integration opportunities are taken to rationalise the estate.

Management of our legal service contracts, including deed management. Ensuring compliance with GPU controls.

Advising on property investment decisions.

Co-ordination of property valuations and rating.      

Property information is maintained, including e-PIMS, backlog maintenance, courtroom audit, benchmarking etc. Provision of advice on strategy and property investment..

Responsibility for accommodation standards, including DDA compliance.

Management of Judges’ Lodgings including budgets, HR, Licence negotiations and benchmarking.

Residential post seperate property on site.  81/2% monthly charge based on monthly wage

Purpose of the role

To provide a home from home service to the Judiciary when they are out on Circuit. Assist the chef in the smooth running of the lodgings. All purchases made with the GPC card to be accurately accounted for and within SFA.   Act as Front of House meeting and greeting Judges, their guests and clerks, serving at table and making sure the rooms are serviced

Essential Criteria

  • Level 2 award in food safety in catering
  • Good communication skills

Desirable Criteria

  • Knowledge of Health and Safety, Fire and Risk Management
  • Computer skills
  • Cellar management

Additional Features of the role

  • “All hours Worked”
  • Mobile grade
  • Residential post situated on site at Leeds

Key Responsibilities

Domestic staff

  • Effective planning with the Chef ensuring that all domestic staff are appropriately deployed

Customer requirements

  • Effective communication with the Judge and Clerk, ensuring requirements/needs are met.

Cleanliness

  • Ensuring that the Lodgings cleanliness is maintained to the highest standards at all times

Household supplies

  • Ordering supplies ensuring VFM with the Chef and monitor their use (washing up liquid, toilets cleaner etc)

Linen

  • Monitor the standard of linen etc from the laundry or in house washing ensuring sufficient stock levels are available.

Personal laundry

  • Ensure that the Judges personnel laundry is processed efficiently in house and within a reasonable time

Liaise with Chef

  • Liaise with the Chef about the number of Judges, Clerks and guests to be in residence, arrival times and anticipated length of stay

Liaise with Judge and Chef

  •  Liaise with the Judge in conjunction with the Chef about dinner or lunch parties regarding menus and timings

Telephone

  • Answer the telephone and deal with any queries where possible, take messages and pass these on to the appropriate person

“All hours”

  • Work (as many hours as is necessary) “All Hours” to ensure the effective running of the house whilst the Judge is in residence

Meetings

  •  To attend managers meetings

Cellar management

  •  Purchasing within budgets ensuring VFM and maintaining appropriate stock levels of wines/spirits in conjunction with Chef manager

Vacation

  • During Judicial vacation periods ensure the effective cleaning of the lodgings

 

Extra Duty Allowance paid based on the number of Judge weeks attended during a financial year.

Working Arrangements & Further Information

Some of MoJ’s terms and conditions of service are changing as part of Civil Service reform. The changes will apply to staff joining MoJ who are new to the Civil Service. Staff joining MoJ from other civil service employers will transfer onto the new MoJ terms if they are already on 'modernised' terms in their current post or onto 'unmodernised' MoJ terms if they are on 'unmodernised' terms at their current post. Details will be available if an offer is made.

Flexible working hours

The Ministry of Justice offers a flexible working system in many offices.

Benefits

The MoJ offers a range of benefits:

Annual Leave

Generous allowances for paid holiday starting at 25 days per year, and rising as your service increases. There is also a scheme to allow qualifying staff to buy or sell up to three days leave each year. Additional paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day. Leave for part-time and job share posts will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.

Pension

The Civil Service offers a choice of pension schemes, giving you the flexibility to choose the pension that suits you best.

Training

The Ministry of Justice is committed to staff development and offers an extensive range of training and development opportunities.

Support

  • A range of ‘Family Friendly’ policies such as opportunities to work reduced hours or job share.
  • Access to flexible benefits such as salary sacrifice arrangements for childcare vouchers, and voluntary benefits such as retail vouchers and discounts on a range of goods and services.
  • Paid paternity, adoption and maternity leave.
  • Free annual sight tests for employees who use computer screens.

Networks

The opportunity to join employee-run networks that have been established to provide advice and support and to enable the views of employees from minority groups to be expressed direct to senior management. There are currently networks for employees of minority ethnic origin, employees with disabilities, employees with caring responsibilities, women employees, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

There is a guaranteed interview scheme (GIS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Expected 16th January 2018

18/12/2017, 23:55 hours.

Closing Date: 18th December 2017 at 23:55 hours

If you require any assistance please call 0845 241 5359 (Monday to Friday 8am - 6pm) or e mail Moj-recruitment-vetting-enquiries@sscl.gse.gov.uk Please quote the job reference 14925

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To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why. 

For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

If you do not meet the above requirements, you may still be considered if, for example:

  • You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
  • You were studying abroad
  • You were living overseas with parents

In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account.

Candidate Information

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In the event of a large number of applications, we reserve the right to undertake the following processes:


  • An automated online test where a benchmark must be passed to progress;
  • A sift on the lead selection criteria. If this happens, the lead criteria will be the first one listed in the advert.

During the selection process, you may be asked to undertake an additional assessment (such as written test). If this is applicable you will be notified of this when you are invited to interview.



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Interview stage assessments

There is 1 interview stage for this vacancy.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The "Making the Civil Service a Great Place to work for veterans" initiative includes a guaranteed interview scheme to those who meet the minimum criteria to provide eligible former members of the Armed Forces with opportunities to secure rewarding jobs. Allowing veterans to continue to serve their country, and to bring highly skilled individuals with a broad range of experience into the Civil Service in an environment, which recognises and values your previous service in the Armed Forces.
For further details about the initiative and eligibility requirements visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/news/making-the-civil-service-a-great-place-to-work-for-veterans

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service departments are expected to explore redeployment opportunities before making an individual redundant. The MoJ are committed, as part of the Redeployment Interview Scheme, to providing opportunities to those who are 'at risk of redundancy'.

MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

· UK nationals

· nationals of the Republic of Ireland

· nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families

· nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)

· individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020

· Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules

This Vacancy is closed to applications.