Salary: circa £37,000
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, with flexibility required (earliest start 7am, latest finish 7pm; 5‑day rotation, generally Monday–Friday, with occasional weekend work)
Location: Multi‑site role across Erdington and Selly Park
Closing Date: 12 February 2026
We are seeking an experienced Catering Manager who is not only a talented chef and accomplished leader, but someone who puts the needs of our patients and their families at the heart of everything they do.
Food plays an essential role in comfort, dignity, and wellbeing. In this role, you will shape a unified and high‑quality catering service across both of our hospice sites, ensuring that every meal our talented chefs and their team prepare is fresh, nutritious, safe, meets the patient’s requirements and is delivered with care.
As a key member of our Hospitality Team, you will oversee the planning, production, service delivery, and continuous improvement of our catering provision – ensuring compliance with food safety standards, allergen requirements, team training, and robust safety practices.
What We’re Looking For
You will be an inspiring and compassionate leader with the ability to blend culinary expertise with operational excellence. You must have:
Most importantly, you will bring empathy, professionalism and a commitment to creating a catering experience that supports the wellbeing of people receiving hospice care and their loved ones.
What We Offer
In return, we provide:
This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a valued charity and help shape the future of our catering service. We are passionate about people development and fostering a positive, collaborative team culture.
For an informal chat, please contact Sandra Humphries, Visitor & Volunteer Experience Manager at sandra.humphries@birminghamhospice.org.uk.
For more information please read the job description.
Barbara Bennett, a Healthcare Assistant at Birmingham Hospice’s Erdington site, was inspired to join the hospice after seeing the expert palliative care her dad, Frederick, received there.
Having worked in healthcare for 30 years, Barbara decided it was time she went into palliative and end of life care after helping to care for her father when he was diagnosed with heart failure, kidney failure and dementia.
The hospice is committed to developing a dynamic and diverse team, representative of the communities it serves. We ask you, therefore, to complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form to help us in this aim.
We value each person as an individual – whether they are colleagues, patients, family members, carers or supporters, every person matters. We embrace diversity of culture, background and environment knowing it enriches our workplace and our relationships with our local communities. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion and belonging. We would love to hear from you, about what makes you uniquely you and how this opportunity will support you to succeed.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we continue in our mission to enable more people from all communities to access the care of their choice at the end of life.
