Bar and Waiting Team

Loungers plc; Ilkley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A hospitality company in the UK is looking for a Front of House Team Member. This role entails making customers feel welcome and comfortable while adapting to their individual needs. Candidates should possess a natural talent and passion for hospitality, strong communication skills, and the ability to overcome challenges. This position offers competitive perks including shared tips, paid breaks, staff meals, and opportunities for personal development in a fast-growing business.

Benefits

Shared tips

Paid breaks

Staff food on shift

50% off food and drinks

28 days holiday pro rata

Company pension scheme

Personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• Bags of energy and own personality are essential.
• Natural talent and passion for hospitality required.
• Good communication skills to build rapport with customers.

Responsibilities

• Make customers feel welcome and comfortable.
• Adapt style and approach to customer needs.
• Work with the team to ensure customer satisfaction.

Skills

Energy

Communication skills

Personality

Self-motivator

Job description

Lounges are pretty special places, and what makes them so special are the brilliant people who run them - and you'll be one of them. As a Front of House Team Member, you're a natural when it comes to making people feel welcome and comfortable.

You can read each customer. If there's someone with their head in their laptop just wanting a quiet coffee, or a group birthday celebration here for cocktails, tapas and good times, you can effortlessly adapt your style and approach for each. You'll work with management and the entire team, delivering 14 great shifts to make sure that every customer leaves happy. Which they tend to do. Because of your natural skills.

The Good Stuff

• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Paid breaks
• Staff food on every shift, regardless of hours worked
• 50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands - Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our supplier)
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!
• The best staff party - Loungefest
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business

What you’ll bring

• Bags of energy, your own personality - and we can teach you the rest!
• A natural talent and passion for hospitality.
• Extremely driven and relentless at overcoming challenges or obstacles.
• Good communication skills with the ability to build rapport and trust.
• Self-motivator working at pace with limited supervision whilst adhering to pressure and timescales

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