Bar Manager

The Neston Club; Parkgate; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Realistic progression opportunities

Company Laptop

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Training and education opportunities

28 days holiday per year

Festive period time guarantee

Free Club Membership

Job summary

The Neston Club in Parkgate, Cheshire, is recruiting a Bar Manager to lead on-site bars across our Parkgate Clubhouse and related venues. This full-time, hands-on role partners with the Club Manager to ensure smooth F&B service for large events and daily operations.

We host weddings, parties and conferences for 50–650 guests, with multiple bars, lounges and kitchen teams. The role requires experience in hospitality, leadership, and delivering high standards.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within hospitality involving both bar and events.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards
• Ability to train and develop team members
• Flexibility. Everyone within our team must be prepared to go beyond their job remit from time to time to help other areas of the team.
• Legally able to work in the UK and must be over 18 years of age
• Available for both day and evening shifts
• Confident and outgoing
• Prepared to work evenings, weekends and shift patterns that the business requires
• Able to remain calm in a busy environment

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Club Manager to ensure the smooth running of all bars on site.
• Ensure the smooth running of F&B service at all times.
• Creating rotas each week to ensure appropriate staffing levels for bars and events, set up and breakdown.
• Controlling costs and meeting GP targets
• Take control of the POS and stock software systems and update when necessary.
• Overseeing cellar management, including stock ordering, deliveries, rotation and barrel preparation
• Create a welcoming, positive and friendly environment for clients and colleagues
• Ensure good communication between the event managers, the operations team, F&B, Admin and the kitchen.
• Ensuring safe working practices and compliance with all hygiene, health and safety instructions and regulations.
• Ensure all site maintenance is kept up to date.
• Be willing to be part of the team and perform other duties if required. Be willing to get stuck into anything necessary.
• Recruiting and training waiting and bar staff, making sure they have had all the required training in both health and safety matters
• Working with the kitchen and events team to ensure that all room set ups are completed in time and to the specifications given.
• Responsible for making sure all storerooms are organised and tidy.
• Responding to the event managers to ensure all plans for events and functions are carried out.

Skills

Bar management experience

Hospitality experience

Team training

Flexibility

UK work eligibility

Job description

Bar Manager

Location: Parkgate, Cheshire, CH64 6Q

Salary: £31,000 per annum

About us

The Neston Club & Parkgate Clubhouse is one of the premier event venues and private sporting clubs in the North of England.

We have 4 bars, 2 function rooms, Bistro 1881 and cater for events from 50 to 650 guests.

Our Parkgate Clubhouse is a unique and wonderful year round location for all types of celebrations. We hold regular weddings, parties, book launches and signings, corporate lunches and conferences.

On the sporting side we have 4 lawn tennis courts, 4 astro tennis courts, 4 artificial clay tennis courts, a bowling green, croquet lawn, 2 cricket pitches, a hockey astro pitch and 3 squash courts.

We are excited to be recruiting a Bar Manager to join our management team in our Parkgate Clubhouse and across The Neston Club

We are a modern, dynamic, ambitious company and are looking for someone who shares our values and can continue to grow with the business.

This is a full-time hands-on operational role where you are expected to lead by example.

This role would ideally suit a current Bar Manager looking for a new challenge in a large events and sports-based company.

What you'll do:

• Work closely with the Club Manager to ensure the smooth running of all bars on site.
• Ensure the smooth running of F&B service at all times.
• Creating rotas each week to ensure appropriate staffing levels for bars and events, set up and breakdown.
• Controlling costs and meeting GP targets
• Take control of the POS and stock software systems and update when necessary.
• Overseeing cellar management, including stock ordering, deliveries, rotation and barrel preparation
• Create a welcoming, positive and friendly environment for clients and colleagues
• Ensure good communication between the event managers, the operations team, F&B, Admin and the kitchen.
• Ensuring safe working practices and compliance with all hygiene, health and safety instructions and regulations.
• Ensure all site maintenance is kept up to date.
• Be willing to be part of the team and perform other duties if required. Be willing to get stuck into anything necessary.
• Recruiting and training waiting and bar staff, making sure they have had all the required training in both health and safety matters
• Working with the kitchen and events team to ensure that all room set ups are completed in time and to the specifications given.
• Responsible for making sure all storerooms are organised and tidy.
• Responding to the event managers to ensure all plans for events and functions are carried out.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous experience within hospitality involving both bar and events.
• A commitment to maintaining high standards
• Ability to train and develop team members
• Flexibility. Everyone within our team must be prepared to go beyond their job remit from time to time to help other areas of the team.
• Legally able to work in the UK and must be over 18 years of age
• Available for both day and evening shifts
• Confident and outgoing
• Prepared to work evenings, weekends and shift patterns that the business requires
• Able to remain calm in a busy environment

What you’ll get:

• Competitive salary
• Realistic job progression opportunities
• Company Laptop
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Training and education opportunities
• 28 days a year holiday
• Guaranteed time over off the festive period
• Free Club Membership