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Deputy Group Chef \n Location: Field-based across St Albans, Potters Bar & Borehamwood with Head Office based at Mundells, Welwyn Garden City \n Salary: £33,853 - £35,285 pro rata \n Hours: 35 hours per week \n Schedule: Term Time (inc. inset days), 39 working weeks per year \n Reports to: Group Chef \n HCL are leading contract caterers with a focus on school feeding. We have a commitment to deliver high-quality, nutritious, and engaging food experiences for children and staff across our primary schools, secondary schools, and commercial sites. We pride ourselves on our dynamic culture and our commitment to excellence. \n The Deputy Group Chef plays a critical role in ensuring kitchens remain fully staffed, operational, and deliver high-quality food and service safely across multiple education sites. This position supports the Group Chef by managing the mobile workforce, supporting compliance with food safety and operational standards, and assisting with kitchen mobilisations and community engagement activities. \n Key Responsibilities for Deputy Group Chef \n Workforce Planning & Deployment \n Assist with the deployment of a mobile catering team, to ensure kitchens remain fully staffed. Help plan rotas, coordinate cover, and work alongside with Group Chef to anticipate staffing needs. \n People Management \n Work in partnership with the Group Chef to support and develop a mobile workforce, including line management responsibilities. Assist with training, performance, and absence management, ensuring HR compliance. \n Operational Support \n Provide hands-on kitchen support when needed, maintain food quality standards, and monitor performance (food cost, labour, waste). Support site engagement activities and digital systems. \n Compliance & Safety \n Ensure high standards in Food Safety, Health & Safety, and allergen management across all sites. \n Recruitment & Retention \n Assist with the recruitment and retention of mobile team members, contributing to wider site recruitment and engagement initiatives. \n Mobilisation Support \n Assist with new site set-ups and transitions, including equipment, onboarding, and systems implementation. \n About You as a Deputy Group Chef \n\n • Experienced Chef or Kitchen Manager (multi-site/mobile preferred)\n, • Strong leadership and team management skills\n, • Solid knowledge of food safety, H&S, and allergens\n, • Organised, adaptable, and able to work across multiple locations\n, • Passionate about food quality and customer service\n, • Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel\n\n Apply Now \n If you’re a proactive Deputy Group Chef who enjoys working alongside senior leadership, supporting teams, and upholding high standards while delivering great food and customer experiences, we’d love to hear from you.

SENIOR CLIENT ACCOUNTANT \n\n • Trinity Estates • £Competitive • Office Based - Hemel Hempstead\n\n ROLE OVERVIEW \n You will be the financial heartbeat for a diverse portfolio of residential developments, ensuring the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of all client and service charge accounting. Acting as a trusted partner to Property Managers and stakeholders, you will bring rigour to budgeting, reconciliations and year-end accounts, while keeping customers informed and confident in the numbers. \n In this senior role, you will combine technical accounting expertise with strong communication and a calm, professional approach. You will lead on best practice, improve processes, mentor colleagues and help Trinity Estates deliver a first-class, compliant property management service at scale from our Hemel Hempstead head office. \n ROLE EXPECTATIONS \n Most days, you will prepare and review service charge accounts, complete reconciliations, manage the year-end process and resolve ledger queries. You will collaborate closely with Property Managers, external accountants and suppliers, proactively communicating deadlines, variances and cashflow positions. Your focus will be on delivering clean audits, clear reporting and steady, well-controlled client monies. \n WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE \n\n • Year-end accounts and packs delivered to high quality and on time, with clean audit outcomes.\n, • Accurate bank, control and reserve reconciliations, with issues identified and resolved early.\n, • Budgets and forecasts prepared with insight, enabling informed decisions and minimal surprises.\n, • Clear, proactive communication to Property Managers, clients and residents, reducing queries.\n, • Strong cash management, timely journals and robust controls in line with company policies.\n, • Continuous improvement of processes and systems, sharing knowledge and supporting the team.\n\n HOW YOU'LL SPEND MOST OF YOUR TIME \n\n • Preparing and reviewing service charge accounts, accruals, prepayments and journals.\n, • Completing monthly bank, control and reserve reconciliations and resolving discrepancies.\n, • Managing the year-end timetable, liaising with external accountants and auditors.\n, • Supporting annual budgets and reforecasts, analysing variances and providing commentary.\n, • Maintaining client bank accounts, coding and approving invoices, and ensuring compliance with procedures.\n, • Responding to accounting queries from internal teams, clients, leaseholders and suppliers.\n\n WHO THIS ROLE IS FOR \n\n • You are an experienced client or property accountant who enjoys owning a portfolio end-to-end.\n, • You combine strong technical skills with a helpful, people-focused communication style.\n, • You are organised, deadline-driven and comfortable prioritising in a fast-paced environment.\n, • You take pride in tidy ledgers, clear reconciliations and well-documented processes.\n, • You collaborate naturally, share knowledge and support colleagues to raise the bar.\n\n EXPERIENCE THAT HELPS \n\n • Experience in residential property or service charge accounting within a managing agent environment.\n, • Confident using property management and finance systems (e.g., Qube/MRI, Yardi, Propman, Sage).\n, • Leading the year-end process and working with external accountants or auditors.\n, • Building budgets and explaining variances to non-financial stakeholders.\n, • Identifying and delivering process improvements or mentoring junior team members.\n\n WHAT WE OFFER \n\n • Competitive salary, aligned to experience\n, • Company car or car allowance for field-based roles\n, • 24 days holiday plus bank holidays\n, • Pension scheme\n, • Vitality private healthcare\n, • Perkbox membership with discounts across retail, travel and entertainment\n, • Fully funded training and professional development, including paid study leave\n, • Employee referral scheme\n, • Annual salary review\n, • Free eye tests and Cycle to Work scheme\n, • Long service award\n, • Support for Army Reserve training\n\n ABOUT TRINITY ESTATES \n Trinity Estates is a leading residential property management company and the flagship brand within the wider Trinity Property Group. \n Managing a diverse portfolio across the UK, the business supports developments ranging from modern city apartments to large-scale residential estates. Trinity Estates combines strong operational structure with a people-focused approach, delivering a consistent and professional service at scale. \n For employees, this means access to larger and more varied portfolios, clear processes, strong internal support and genuine opportunities for progression within a growing organisation. \n As part of a wider group, Trinity Estates offers both stability and career development, making it an ideal environment for those looking to build and progress their career in property management. \n HOW WE HIRE \n\n • Initial conversation with our talent team\n, • Interview focused on your client accounting expertise, problem solving, attention to detail, stakeholder communication and ownership, potentially including a short practical exercise\n\n We aim to complete the process within two to three weeks and communicate clearly throughout. \n INTERESTED? \n Apply with your CV. \n All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documentary evidence of eligibility will be required.

Job Description: Head Chef at VESPER & The Hub on Verulam. Hours Required: 4 day working week, Wednesday - Saturday. 48 hours. (3 days off p/week, unless holiday cover/flexibility is required to the needs of the business). Were looking for a creative individual with substantial experience to be a big part of our team. The right candidate will have experience working in kitchens, in a head chef position or similar. You must also have the ability the demonstrate 5 food hygiene standards and upkeep our 5 EHO rating. If youre successful in your application you will help to innovate and design seasonal menus, run the daily operations of the kitchen and manage all BOH team members. The Hub on Verulam serves brunch & lunch every day. VESPER serves small & sharing dinner plates Wednesday through to Saturday. A great taste for detail and exceptional delivery of new and exciting, seasonal dishes is required. We will need you to have the right to work in the UK. The listed salary is inclusive of a share in tips, which is auto-added to all food bills at 12.5%. Christmas day off every year. Job Types: Full-time, Permanent TPBN1_UKCT

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