Assistant Bar Manager

Mission Mars; Manchester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 32% of annual salary

Staff discounts at Mission Mars venues

Dreams Machine opportunities

Training & development

Team events & parties

Job summary

Albert’s Schloss Manchester is recruiting an Assistant Bar Manager to support the Bar Manager and lead a large team in a busy, entertaining venue. You will drive service quality and store performance in line with our Show‑time ethos.

We seek hands-on leaders with strong bar management experience, capable of coaching staff, boosting drinks sales and controlling costs while delivering memorable guest experiences seven days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a busy bar and leading a large, energised team.
• Proven ability to drive wet-led sales and manage costs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the bar team to deliver an exceptional guest experience.
• Support the Bar Manager and be hands-on in a fast-paced bar environment.
• Coach and develop colleagues to maintain high performance.

Skills

Bar management

Team leadership

Guest experience

Sales & cost control

Hands-on leadership

Job description

Assistant Bar Manager

Albert’s Schloss Manchester

Salary: £34,600 per annum + up to 32% bonus per annum, paid quarterly!

Following the continued success of Albert’s Schloss, Mission Mars are growing their team again and are looking for an Assistant Bar Manager to join our fantastic team in Manchester.

Albert’s Schloss provides World Class Food from our Cook Haus and Bakery, an outstanding range of drinks, cocktails and beers from our Bier Palace, and seven nights a week of SHOWTIME!

As an Assistant Bar Manager, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Bar Manager and leading our bar team to deliver an exceptional guest experience every single time. You’ll be hands‑on, visible and passionate about creating an energised, high-performing team whilst making sure our guests have an unforgettable experience.

We’re looking for someone who has strong bar and management experience, thrives in a busy and fast‑paced environment, and is ready to take the next step in their hospitality career.

Who we need...

The ideal candidate will be:

• An experienced Assistant Manager or Duty Manager with strong bar and wet‑led sales experience
• Confident leading, coaching and developing a large, energised team
• Passionate about delivering an exceptional guest experience
• Someone who leads from the front and enjoys being hands‑on in a busy bar environment
• Experienced in a fast‑paced, high-volume hospitality business
• Commercially minded, with an understanding of driving sales and controlling costs
• A natural problem solver who takes initiative and gets stuck in
• Passionate about hospitality and creating memorable experiences for our guests
• Authentic, positive and genuinely invested in developing themselves and those around them
• Someone who wants to progress and build a long‑term career with Mission Mars

Experience in all of the above is ideal, but passion is everything! We’re looking for someone with the personality, energy and ambition to make a real difference to our team.

Who we are...

Albert’s Schloss is part of the Mission Mars Group, an award‑winning, fast‑growing hospitality group with venues across the UK.

Our Bavarian bier hall and alpine‑inspired restaurant is a retreat from the modern world, where we invite you to discover new things, celebrate one another, and revel in the wünder of our Schloss. Influenced by our travels across Alpine Europe, expect roaring fires, tankards of Europe’s finest bier, delicious Bavarian‑inspired dishes from our Cook Haus and Bakery, and seven nights of SHOWTIME.

We have been rated as a 'World Class' place to work by Best Companies and have been recognised as one of the UK's leading hospitality employers. We truly invest in and develop our people whilst being true to our values of Fun, Authentic, Positive, Initiative, Neighbourly & Committed.

For more information about us, visit www.albertsschloss.co.uk

Rewards for your hard work...

• Bonus – earn up to 32% of your annual salary per year
• 50% off at all Mission Mars venues for you and your friends
• Dreams Machine – have a dream? Enter our Dreams Machine for the chance to win money to help make it happen!
• Loyalty bonus scheme
• Invites to big parties including our Christmas awards ceremony, summer BBQ and football tournament
• 24/7 access to free, confidential and specialist mental health and wellbeing support
• Training and development programme with over 38 courses for various roles and levels
• Annual workshops at exciting (secret) locations
• Trips away to UK and overseas‑based partners to enhance your knowledge (and sometimes just for fun…)
• An independent culture where your ideas matter

Should you be successful, you will be contacted regarding the next steps within 7–14 days. Good luck!

At Mission Mars, we’re committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for everyone. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage of your application or interview, just let us know on [e-mail].