Barback

Simmons Bars; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tips

Staff discount

Hospitality Essentials perks platform

Progression opportunities

Experience days & team trips

Job summary

Simmons Bar in Camden Town is seeking a Barback to support the bar team and elevate the party experience for guests. Training will be provided within 4 weeks, with on-the-job development and opportunities for progression.

Benefits include tips, staff discounts, and a lively, collaborative team culture in a renowned London bar group. Flexibility and weekend shifts are common in hospitality roles.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; training provided within 4 weeks.
• Customer-focused approach to guest experience.
• Ability to keep venue clean and safe.

Responsibilities

• Guest Experience - ensure guest experience is at the highest level and central to actions.
• Floor cleaning - keep floors clean, dry and clear of debris.
• Bar support - assist the bar team with stocking, ice, garnishes, pre-mixes.
• Responsible service of alcohol - avoid serving overly intoxicated guests and flag concerns to management.
• General cleaning - follow up on issues and ensure proper cleaning.
• Glass washing machines - operate, set up, clean and breakdown glass washing machines.
• Demonstrating our values every single day!

Skills

Guest experience

Floor cleaning

Bar support

Alcohol service

General cleaning

Glass cleaning

Values

Tools

Glass washing machines

Job description

What’s in it for you:

• £12.75 per hour + tips
• 50% staff discount, including during our award-winning Happy Hour!
• Hospitality Essentials, a discounts and perks platform for your weekly shops and holidays!
• Great progression opportunities- 70% of our managers have been internally promoted.
• Exciting incentives, including experience days, team nights out and trips abroad!

Who we are:

We’re well known for being the best bar group in London (and probably the world). A late night cocktail party bar offering you the perfect place for after work drinks or a cheeky dance into the early hours. We’re located in lots of different places across London, we can be hired out for private parties and we have a notoriously eclectic musical taste; ranging from hip-hop, to disco, to funk, to 80’s, to 90’s to classic party bangers!

About you:

As a Barback, you'll play a key role in assisting the bar team to elevate the party experience for our guests and making sure they come back time and time again! Previous experience isn't necessary, we will train you and get you up to scratch within 4 weeks.

What you'll do:

• Guest Experience - to ensure that guest experience is at the highest level possible at all times and to make sure this is at the centre of all actions taken in the venue.
• Floor cleaning - to ensure floors are kept clean, dry and clear of all debris.
• Bar support - to assist the bar team in delivery of service including but not limited to: re stocking, refilling ice and garnishes, garnish prep, making pre-mixes.
• Responsible service of alcohol - to ensure that overly intoxicated guests are not served, and are flagged up to venue management.
• General cleaning - where issues are seen, to follow up in a timely manner and ensure any needed cleaning is completed.Glass cleanliness - responsible for high cleanliness standard of all glassware and for re-stocking the bar with glassware.
• Glass washing machines - in charge of responsible use of glass washing machines, their proper set up, cleaning and break down.
• Demonstrating our values every single day!

This is not an exhaustive list and other duties will fall within the remit as assigned by your line managers