Bar Lead Supervisor — College Bar Operations

Durham University; North East; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Durham University invites applications for the role of Bar Steward at Josephine Butler College. This casual/atypical position involves serving drinks, maintaining bar operations, and ensuring compliance with licensing and college policies.

Typical hours are to be confirmed; the role supports events, stock control, and staff coordination within the bar. Applicants will join a collegiate environment at Durham, with responsibilities including cash handling, shift leadership, and close collaboration

Responsibilities

• Serving drinks
• Basic cleaning tasks
• Ensuring that the bar runs in an efficient manner
• Leading the shift, ensuring that the bar is operating within the licensing conditions and all bar policies and procedures
• Ensuring that all daily and weekly tasks are completed
• Cashing up
• Securing the premises at the end of shift
• Delegation of tasks
• In charge of cellar including stock rotation and line cleaning
• Maintaining order in the bar on shift
• Stock management including ordering via EPSYS and liaising with supplier’s reps
• Working with finance, HR and FBSH to ensure takings are correct and staff are hired, onboarded, and paid correctly
• Hiring of junior staff members (supported by FBSH)
• Staff rotas/covering shifts
• Staff discipline
• Undertaking meetings regarding events and bar activities, and regular meetings with FBSH
• Maintaining high level of cleanliness standards in the bar
• Working with RSAs, security (where applicable) and college management to maintain order and report any incidents that occur in the bar

Job description

Durham University invites applications for the role of Bar Steward at Josephine Butler College. This casual/atypical position involves serving drinks, maintaining bar operations, and ensuring compliance with licensing and college policies.

Typical hours are to be confirmed; the role supports events, stock control, and staff coordination within the bar. Applicants will join a collegiate environment at Durham, with responsibilities including cash handling, shift leadership, and close collaboration