Bar and Waiting Team

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

Job summary

A friendly hospitality company in Thurrock is seeking a Front of House Team Member who is passionate about customer service. You'll be responsible for making guests feel welcome and comfortable, ensuring they enjoy their experience. Ideal candidates will possess energy, communication skills, and adaptability to various customer situations. This role offers great benefits, including shared tips, food discounts, and personal development opportunities within a growing business.

Benefits

Tips shared equally

Paid breaks

Staff food on every shift

50% off food and drinks

28 days holiday

Competitions and incentives

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Bags of energy and a unique personality.
• Ability to adapt style for different customer needs.
• Good communication skills to build rapport.

Responsibilities

• Make customers feel welcome and comfortable.
• Deliver excellent service across 14 shifts.
• Work collaboratively with management and team.

Skills

Energy

Passion for hospitality

Good communication skills

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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