Assistant Restaurant Manager

InterContinental Hotels Group; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury hotel brand in Edinburgh is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager to provide exceptional customer service and support the restaurant team. This role involves personalizing guest experiences and ensuring service excellence. Ideal candidates will have supervisory experience and a passion for luxury dining. Competitive salary and extensive growth opportunities offered.

Benefits

Guaranteed hours and paid overtime

Extensive training and career progression

Worldwide discounted room rates

Employee assistance program

Complimentary hotel stay upon probation completion

Qualifications

• Experience in restaurant supervision or equivalent role.
• Ability to provide personalized service and recommendations.
• Experience in training and mentoring employees.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-end and personalized service to customers.
• Support the team in the absence of the Restaurant Manager.
• Train staff to maintain a high standard of service.

Skills

People management skills

Attention to detail

Luxury service mindset

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

Hotel: Edinburgh The George (EDIGS), 19 - 21 George Street, EH2 2PB

At Scotland’s first and only Le Petit Beefbar Restaurant, we are looking for an Assistant Restaurant Manager to join us…

This highly exclusive restaurant born in Monte Carlo in 2005 is the epitome of creativity and luxury service, by taking on international and local dishes with a focus on quality ingredients. Riccardo Giraudi (the Beefboy as some might call him) has created Beefbar to break tradition and introduce a modern take on incredibly well-thought out but simple dishes divided into 3 section – sexy street food, great meat cuts and iconic dishes. InterContinental Edinburgh The George is home to the first and only Beefbar in Scotland and we are proud to be making a mark on Edinburgh’s food and drink scene…

Responsibilities

• As an Assistant Restaurant Manager, your main duties and responsibilities will be providing a high-end and personalised service to customers, providing tailored recommendations and suggested pairings. As an Assistant Restaurant Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the team in the absence of our Restaurant Manager by helping them with high-level service recoveries, training them to a high standard and ensuring that our service is consistent across the board. You will be someone who has some level of management or supervisory experience, looking to take the next step in your career progression and join an exciting new concept.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Availability to work 40 hours (weekends & evenings included)
• Experience working within a restaurant as either a Supervisor, Team Leader or Assistant Manager
• Some people management skills, ideally having been involved in the training and mentoring of employees and supported in some level the recruitment of new starters
• Hunger for success in the form of a high standard service, you will pay close attention to detail and have experience dealing with service recoveries
• To be a confident leader who enjoys to lead by example!
• Passion for providing luxury experiences, not shy to go above and beyond to personalise our Guests stay and provide your local wisdom to enhance their experience
• Ability to work together in the team with guests as our centre focus!

Benefits

• Financial security - £30,000.00 per hour, guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay! Plus, Tronc paid monthly if in eligible role. Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Growth and development – extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels globally and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
• Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders
• Hotel specific benefits – complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel plus Spa and gym discounts at our Kimpton property

If you are someone who likes to bring your skills and knowledge to providing exceptional customer experiences, apply today! Check out our Instagram page @lepetitbeefbar_edinburgh to see more.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Who we are

As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings. We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental️ brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity. We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

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