Senior Mashgiach (Kosher Food Supervisor)
- Jewish Care
- Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus, Golders Green Road, London, UK
- 03 Mar, 2025
Job Description
Join us in an exciting opportunity as our Senior Mashgiach (Kosher Food Supervisor), where you will play a vital role in maintaining the highest standards of kosher dietary compliance.
As our Senior Mashgiach you will be responsible for ensuring strict adherence to kosher dietary laws (kashrut) throughout food preparation and handling processes. This includes collaboration with kitchen staff, suppliers, and management to maintain exceptional kosher compliance standards. As a key figure in upholding Jewish dietary practices, the Mashgiach provides guidance, supervision, and support in a professional and respectful manner. The Senior Mashgiach will be to supervise where appropriate our mashgiach, liaises with Stakeholder as other management, conduct flash meeting with kitchen staff where appropriate, work with front line teams in resources, help assist the smooth running of the kashrut process, training if appropriate to staff when required.
This post is working from 7am to 4.30pm, 5 days per week 42.5 hours inc breaks
What you will be doing:
Kashrut Supervision
- Inspect and approve ingredients and supplies for kosher compliance.
- Oversee food preparation, cooking, and serving to maintain kashrut adherence.
- Ensure proper separation of meat and dairy and supervise koshering of utensils and equipment.
- Minimise food wastage while upholding kosher protocols.
Food Safety
- Ensure all kashrut processes align with Food Safety standards.
- Operate within Jewish Care’s Food Safety management system.
Training & Collaboration
- Train and guide staff on kosher laws and practices.
- Liaise with kitchen staff, suppliers, and external certifiers to ensure compliance.
- Resolve kashrut-related issues promptly and effectively.
What You Will Need:
- Essential: Recognised Kashrut certification/training, knowledge of Kashrut, ability to read kosher certifications and Hebrew texts, and previous experience in a kosher food environment.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and detail-oriented with strong communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
- Desirable: Food Safety Level 2 (training provided if not qualified).
Why Apply?
This is a unique opportunity to uphold Jewish dietary traditions while working in a dynamic and supportive team. If you are passionate about kosher food supervision and meet the criteria, we encourage you to apply!
Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people. We provide services to a range of people including older people, people with mental health needs and people living with dementia.
Our five values are at the heart of the way we work. They drive how we act as individuals and as an organisation and shape our culture. We value Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusivity.
Jewish Care operate a rolling recruitment process and reserve the right to close the advert once a suitable candidate has been identified.
Salary
About Us
We are a leading health and social care charity for the Jewish community in London and the South-East. Although we care for a specific community, our employees come from all faiths, backgrounds and nationalities. It also means they’re valued and supported in just the same way we value the people we care for - at Jewish Care, love is at the heart of all we do.
Our campuses offer unique services including care and nursing homes, Retirement Living apartments and community centres.
We provide care that is Jewish at heart for older people. And we support their family members every step of the way. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people.
Our Purpose
We want to make a positive impact on the lives of Jewish people by providing excellent social care that enhances their well-being and helps them to stay connected to their community.
We’re also committed to inspiring our employees, developing their careers and creating an environment where they love every day.
Why Us
Our five values are at the heart of the way we work. They drive how we act as individuals and as an organisation and shape our culture.
Our values are:
- Excellence - We are ambitious, professional and passionate about offering high-quality services delivered with dedication and sensitivity.
- Integrity - We treat people fairly and are accountable for what we do and how we do it
- Innovation - We are adaptable and creative, we welcome new ideas and believe in finding solutions that work for each individual.
- Compassion - We consciously work in a caring and empathetic way, we are considerate of others and put kindness at the heart of everything we do.
- Inclusivity - Everyone involved with Jewish Care is important and deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
- Inclusion & Diversity
At Jewish Care, we are committed to ensuring all our staff feel valued and included.
We have a number of staff networks aimed to promote equality, diversity and inclusion – these include our REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) network and our LGBTQ+ network for staff and service users. We are a Disability Confident Employer, and in a recent survey, 95% of staff surveyed felt Jewish Care embraced diversity and inclusion.
Why Jewish Care?
We offer excellent benefits to reward you for your hard work, dedication, and commitment. Competitive rates of pay are reviewed annually.
A wide range of benefits, rewards, and well-being support through our Jewish Care Benefits platform. These include:
● A huge range of discounts at major retailers and supermarkets
● 24/7 access to a GP either online or on the phone
● Access to our Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential advice.
● Our Wellbeing Hub contains lots of articles and support with mental and physical wellness, free fitness and yoga videos and lots more
● 4% employer pension contribution
● Career development opportunities and access to our online learning management system
● Free DBS checks and uniforms for our Care Home Workers
● Free DBS check where the role is required.
Fair Pay
We are happy to announce that Jewish Care now pays all members of staff the current London Living Wage.
We care about our employees as much as the people we support, which is why we pay all our staff a minimum of £11.95 per hour. So, whether you’re a carer, a bus driver, an administrator or a finance operative, you can rest assured you’ll be rewarded fairly for what you do.