Bar Manager

Jikoni; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team meals

Staff discount

28 days holiday

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

Job summary

Jikoni in Marylebone is seeking a Bar Manager to lead the bar and FOH team at our new V&A East Museum project. This hands-on leadership role starts in October 2026, with opportunities to mentor staff and shape service standards.

You will oversee operations, manage scheduling, stock, and budgets, while delivering warm, multicultural hospitality that aligns with our 'Cooking Without Borders' ethos.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience as Bar Supervisor or Manager preferred.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills for FOH teams.
• Passion for hospitality and diverse, multicultural service.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily FOH and bar operations to ensure smooth service
• Lead, train, and supervise FOH and bar team
• Manage staff scheduling, performance, and hours tracking
• Deliver excellent customer service and handle feedback
• Monitor stock levels, place orders, and manage suppliers
• Control costs, budgets, and meet sales targets
• Ensure food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards
• Respond to reviews and private hires
• Track KPIs and report to senior team
• Oversee onboarding/offboarding of FOH staff

Skills

Bar management

FOH leadership

Staff scheduling

Customer service

Job description

Founded in 2016 in Marylebone, Jikoni is a purpose-led restaurant and community-focused business founded on the belief that the purpose of a restaurant is to restore. We create warmth, generosity, and kindness through hospitality that transforms how people feel, drawing on multicultural culinary traditions and the wisdom of the maternal kitchen. Our approach, “Cooking Without Borders,” celebrates diversity by sharing flavours, stories, and techniques from Asia, the Far East, India, the Middle East, and East Africa, bringing the nourishing, selfless essence of home-cooked meals to every guest.

Since our founding, Jikoni has grown steadily and has now opened a new all-day café and restaurant project with the new V&A East Museum in Stratford's Olympic Park. We are poised to expand to another vibrant new restaurant in Bloomsbury early 2027 which this role would be. These expansions will serve as the foundation for the Jikoni Group.

What we're looking for

We’re seeking 2 talented and passionate Bar Manager to join our team at Marylebone. In this role, you’ll work closely with the Jikoni team, Executive Chefs and directors, playing a pivotal role in building and leading our bar team at our Cafe in the V&A East Museum. The role will start in October 2026. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll be able to engage with Jikoni’s positive and purposeful values and also inspire, mentor and energise a bar/FOH team.

• Emotional Skillset: You embody the qualities that define great hospitality: Kindness, Optimism, Self-Awareness, Curiosity, Integrity, and Empathy.
• Experience: 1 years' experience as a Bar Supervisor or Manager is preferred and a desire to learn general management skills for FOH teams or any equivalent experience welcome. If you meet most of the criteria and are excited about the role, we encourage you to apply.
• Values Alignment: You share our family values of Multiculturalism & Pluralism, Integrity, Hospitality & Seva (Selfless Service), Excellence, and Entrepreneurialism.
• Leadership & Ambition: A desire and drive to build and shape new channels of the business, contribute to a positive and supportive culture and build a career with us.
• Culinary Curiosity: A deep curiosity for our style of maternal cooking and immigrant cuisine and global flavours

Key responsibilities

• Oversee daily FOH and bar operations to ensure smooth and efficient service
• Lead, train, and supervise FOH and bar team
• Manage staff scheduling, performance, and hours tracking
• Deliver excellent customer service and handle customer feedback or complaints
• Monitor bar and FOH stock levels, place orders for consumables, organise prep and manage supplier relationships, supporting stocktake completion & accuracy
• Control costs, manage budgets, and meet sales targets
• Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, and health & safety regulationsMaintain high standards of cleanliness, presentation, and brand consistency
• Respond to reviews, general enquiries and liaise for private hires
• Understand KPIs progress and operational metrics to present back to the senior team
• Upkeep of logging systems for wastage & maintenance
• Overseeing onboarding and offboarding of FOH staff

What we offer

• Career Progression: Opportunities for growth in a dynamic and progressive company and working directly with senior management and directors to grow your leadership, business and hospitality skills while contributing to business with a positive purpose.
• Unique Training: Go beyond the kitchen with visits and hands-on training with our biodynamic farm partner and specialist producers.
• Competitive Package and Team Benefits: Delicious and wholesome team meals, a 51% team discount at our restaurants upon passing probation, 28 days holiday, a company pension scheme and private health insurance plans for all team members.

Everyone Is Welcome

At Jikoni, one of our core values is Pluralism, the idea that celebrating both our similarities and differences make our community richer and stronger. We warmly encourage applications from women and people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. If this role speaks to you but you don’t meet every requirement, we would still love to hear from you. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments or accommodations we can make during the hiring process.

The pay range for this role is: