Bar and Waiting Team

The Lounges; Workington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant hospitality chain in Workington is seeking a Front of House Team Member to make customers feel welcome and comfortable. You will use your communication skills to adapt to various customer needs, ensuring a happy experience for everyone. The role includes competitive perks such as tips shared equally, paid breaks, and discounts on food and drinks, alongside opportunities for personal development and career progression.

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

Best staff party

Emotional support

Power over your pay

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Natural ability to make customers feel welcome and comfortable.
• Driven and able to overcome challenges.
• Good communication skills and ability to build rapport.

Responsibilities

• Deliver great service to ensure every customer leaves happy.
• Work with management and the team to adapt to customer needs.
• Complete 14 shifts effectively.

Skills

Customer service

Communication skills

Adaptability

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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