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Position: Operations Manager – Aged Care Job Type: Permanent – Full Time Location: Hunter & Mid North Coast Region, NSW
You've built a successful career leading food service, hospitality or catering teams. You understand the importance of delivering exceptional service, maintaining compliance standards and creating positive experiences for residents, clients and customers.
Now it's time to take your leadership beyond a single site.
As Operations Manager, you'll oversee catering operations across multiple aged care facilities throughout the Hunter and Mid North Coast region, supporting site leaders, building strong client relationships and driving operational excellence. This is an opportunity to influence outcomes across an entire region while developing your career with one of Australia's leading contract catering providers.
Whether your background is in aged care, healthcare, hospitality, contract catering or food services, we are looking for a leader who is passionate about people, service and operational performance.
Job Description
What's In It For You
Earn a competitive salary package of $100,000 plus super and a generous car allowance
Travel with confidence knowing work-related tolls are fully covered
Access discounts across more than 450 retailers, entertainment providers, and lifestyle brands
Receive ongoing leadership development and career progression opportunities
Join a growing Australian-owned organisation where your impact is recognised and valued
Take the next step from site leadership into a broader operational management role
What You'll Do
Lead catering and hospitality operations across six aged care facilities throughout the Hunter and Mid North Coast region
Build strong relationships with clients and operational stakeholders to deliver outstanding service outcomes
Drive operational performance, service excellence, and client satisfaction across all sites
Drive financial performance through effective labour management, cost control and resource planning
Coach, mentor, and develop site leaders and frontline teams to achieve operational success
Ensure compliance with food safety, accreditation, quality and aged care standards
Identify opportunities for continuous improvement across service delivery, resident experience and operational performance
Desired Skills and Experience
About You
Experience leading food service, hospitality, catering or operational teams within aged care, healthcare, hospitality or contract catering environments
Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and support high-performing teams
Commercial acumen including budgeting, labour management and cost control
Sound knowledge of Aged Care Quality Standards, accreditation, and compliance requirements
Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
Qualifications in Commercial Cookery, Hospitality, Business or a related discipline will be highly regarded
Why Cater Care
Cater Care is a leading, Australian-owned contract catering provider with 25 years of experience delivering exceptional food and support services across across Aged Care, Education, Retail, and Remote Services. Our success is built on our values of Care, Pride, and Community. We are committed to developing our people, creating meaningful career opportunities and fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We strongly encourage applications from First Nations peoples and people from diverse backgrounds.
How To Apply
Ready to take the next step in your leadership career and make a meaningful impact across aged care communities?
Apply today and discover how far your experience can take you with Cater Care.
