General Manager - King Edward's School Lodestone House (Hospitality)

Location: Godalming, United Kingdom; on-site role supporting King Edward’s School in Witley.

Salary: £60,000 per year; full-time, 40 hours per week.

Company

hirify.global UK&I provides catering and support services to schools, colleges and universities across the UK through Lodestone House.

What you will do

• Lead, motivate and develop a 30-person catering and hospitality team.
• Oversee hospitality and catering across the prep and senior schools, including provision for 70 boarders.
• Build a trusted relationship with the client and deliver exceptional customer and client hospitality.
• Manage budgets, labour, gross profit, purchasing and operational costs while identifying sales and revenue growth opportunities.
• Ensure contractual commitments, food safety, health and safety, compliance and operational standards are met.
• Coach the team, set objectives, drive accountability and deliver continuous improvement.

Requirements

• High-end hospitality experience is essential.
• Experience managing and developing successful teams, including a strong record of delivering results.
• Single-site operational management experience in a similar role.
• Foodservice, hospitality or a similar operational background.
• Experience growing sales and retaining business.
• Strong budget management and/or P&L responsibility, with commercial awareness.
• Excellent communication skills and confidence building relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Good IT and computer skills.

Nice to have

• Chef background, facilities management or retail experience.
• Knowledge of food production.
• Project or change-management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Contributory pension scheme and career development through Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes.
• Digital GP access for employees and immediate family, plus wider healthcare benefits.
• Travel, food shopping, cinema and brand discounts, including up to 44% off cinema tickets.
• Wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes.
• Employment is subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and Children’s Barred List check, because the role involves working with children.

Hiring process

• Apply through the provided application route; successful applicants must complete the required safeguarding and pre-employment checks.