Assistant General Manager

Caravan Restaurants | B Corp™; Greater London; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals on shift

Dining discounts

Coffee discounts

Leadership development

Birthday vouchers

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Caravan Restaurants in London is seeking an Assistant General Manager to support the General Manager and lead teams to deliver outstanding hospitality. You will drive service excellence, manage rosters and compliance, and nurture confident, high-performing teams across shifts.

The role emphasizes guest experience, culture, and business performance, with leadership development and career progression within Caravan’s values-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Experienced hospitality leader with multi-shift/management background.
• Committed to Caravan’s values and guest experience.
• Organised, commercially aware and able to balance operations with people development.

Responsibilities

• Ensure food, drink, and service standards are consistently delivered.
• Recruit, onboard and develop teams with clear training and reviews.
• Drive sales, labour, GP and wastage targets while protecting Caravan culture.
• Manage systems for rota, payroll and compliance.
• Maintain property standards, health & safety, and compliance with EHO/Food Alert.
• Contribute to management meetings and action plans.

Skills

Hospitality leadership

Team development

Guest experience

Operations management

Commercial awareness

Job description

Location: London (first 3 digits of postcode)Overall Earnings - Up to £52,000 per annum (depending on experience) + bonus

The Role

We’re looking for an Assistant General Manager to join our team at Caravan. At Caravan, our leaders set the tone. As an Assistant General Manager, you’ll support your General Manager to deliver outstanding results across people, product, place, performance and profit. You’ll lead from the floor: keeping every service flowing smoothly, building confident and happy teams and making sure our ‘All Welcome’ hospitality is felt by every guest, every day.

What you’ll do:

• Ensure our food, drink, and service standards are consistently delivered
• Recruit, onboard and develop confident, high-performing teams: making sure new hires feel welcome and everyone has clear training, reviews and development plans
• Drive sales, labour, GP, and wastage targets while protecting the Caravan culture
• Manage systems including Fourth, Harri, Mapal, Workvivo to oversee the rota, payroll and compliance
• Maintain property standards, health & safety, and compliance with EHO/Food Alert
• Contribute to management meetings, audits, and action plans

About You:

• An experienced and ambitious hospitality leader (with multi-shift or management experience), focused on growing into a future General Manager
• Confident leading teams, managing standards, and creating great guest experiences
• A culture ambassador: positive, approachable, and committed to Caravan’s values
• Organised, commercially aware, and able to balance operations with people development

What We Offer

• Competitive overall earnings + bonus
• Career progression supported by leadership training and development, including our Leadership Development Programme, Train the Trainer, and Hospitality Programme.
• Meals + drinks on shift
• Dining discounts for family & friends
• Coffee discounts at Caravan Coffee Roasters
• Access to financial health, wellbeing, and mentoring support
• Birthday & anniversary vouchers

About us

At Caravan, we believe hospitality is about more than just great food and drink, it’s about people. Since 2010, we have been building award-winning restaurants and a specialty coffee roastery while investing in sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and community. We’re also proudly B Corp Certified, which means we’re committed to people and planet as much as we care about delivering genuine hospitality.

Caravan is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.