Bartender

Diageo; City Of London; In loco; GBP 21.000 - 29.000; Tempo pieno

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Diageo’s Johnnie Walker Princes Street in Edinburgh seeks a confident Bartender to craft drinks, engage guests, and support bar operations while delivering memorable experiences.

Using your mixology knowledge, you’ll prepare and serve a range of beverages, answer menu questions, manage stock, and contribute to team targets.

This role requires two years’ bartender experience in a high‑quality hospitality setting, with evening and weekend availability, and a friendly, proactive service mindset.

Competenze

• Minimum two years' bartender experience in a high-quality hospitality setting.
• Strong knowledge of beverages, spirits, whisky and cocktails.
• Excellent communication and customer-service skills.

Mansioni

• Welcome guests, take orders and process payments.
• Prepare and serve a range of beverages with your mixology skills.
• Deliver a positive guest experience by following service standards and menus.
• Maintain bar presentation and cleanliness, and assist with stock counts and replenishment.
• Collaborate with the team to hit service, revenue and profitability targets.

Conoscenze

Bartender experience

Beverage knowledge

Friendly communication

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Job Description : Bartender Location: Johnnie Walker Princes Street, Edinburgh Level: 5G Reports to: Food & Beverage Manager Working pattern: Full-time; includes evening and weekend work Closing date : 19th November, 2026

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, Diageo is home to some of the world’s most iconic drinks. From Johnnie Walker and Guinness to Tanqueray, Smirnoff and Don Julio, we craft brands chosen for life’s moments — from everyday connections to landmark celebrations. Bring your talent, curiosity and ambition, and strive for your personal best alongside people who challenge, support and learn from each other. Together, as one outstanding team, we keep learning, improving and raising the bar for our brands, our business and each other. Join us and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

About Johnnie Walker Princes Street

Johnnie Walker Princes Street in the heart of Edinburgh brings the story of Johnnie Walker and the people behind the brand to life. It offers guests from around the world an engaging experience, celebrating Scotch whisky through its craft, flavours and stories.

About the role

As a Bartender at Johnnie Walker Princes Street, you’ll create memorable food and beverage experiences for visitors. Using your mixology skills, product knowledge and engaging personality, you’ll prepare and serve drinks, support bar operations and help deliver excellent service while contributing to the team’s performance.

What you’ll be doing

• Welcome and engage with visitors, make food and beverage recommendations, answer menu questions, and take and process orders and payments.
• Prepare and serve a range of beverages, using your mixology skills and knowledge of spirits, whisky and cocktails.
• Deliver a positive guest experience by following service standards and communicating menu items, beverage descriptions and specials clearly.
• Maintain the presentation and cleanliness of the bar, follow health and safety procedures, and take part in stock counts and replenishment.
• Work with the team to achieve service, revenue and profitability targets, while keeping up to date with beverage trends and opportunities to improve the menu.
• Support Diageo’s sustainability commitments and responsible drinking programme, and align with relevant alcohol licensing laws.
• Share guest feedback with management, take part in training and apply what you learn, and support other teams when required.
• You’ll have the opportunity to bring your creativity to the drinks offering, build your knowledge of world-renowned whisky brands and contribute to experiences that visitors will remember.

What you’ll bring

• At least two years’ experience as a bartender in a similar high-quality hospitality environment, alongside experience in a customer-facing role.
• Strong knowledge of beverages, spirits, whisky and cocktails; a recognised mixology or beverage qualification is an advantage.
• A friendly, confident and engaging approach, with excellent communication and customer-service skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively, stay organised, solve problems and maintain attention to detail, including when handling stock and payments.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to work towards budgets and performance targets, with a good understanding of health, safety and responsible alcohol service.

Please note: This role involves evening and weekend work. Working with us Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you, so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive rewards and benefits package. Specific benefits for this role were not detailed in the job description and can be added once confirmed.

Inclusion and belonging

Our purpose is crafting iconic drinks chosen for life’s moments. And it’s our people, with their different experiences, perspectives and talents, who make that possible. We value diversity in its broadest sense and want everyone to feel they can belong, contribute and strive for their personal best. You’ll work alongside people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives — challenging, supporting and learning from one another as one outstanding team. Together, we’re constantly learning and improving, combining the strength of our people, capabilities and iconic brands to raise the bar, grow and win. Wherever you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute, make an impact and play your part in making life’s moments mean a little more.

Ready to bring your best?

This could be your opportunity.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you assemble this information when you submit your application.

Worker Type :Regular Primary Location:Princes Street Additional Locations : Job Posting Start Date : 2026-11-05

With more than 200 brands sold in over 180 countries, we are home to a diverse portfolio of drinks enjoyed around the world. Every day, our talented colleagues bring creativity, expertise and passion to the brands people know and love. From established favourites to exciting new launches, the brands we build are shaped by culture, connected to local communities and made for life’s moments. By understanding our consumers and building strong, trusted relationships with our customers, we help our brands remain relevant, distinctive, and accessible. Our founders, including Arthur Guinness, John Walker and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose ambition and ingenuity helped shape the drinks industry. Today, that pioneering spirit lives on through our people.

Join us and you’ll work alongside talented colleagues from around the world, bringing together different perspectives, experiences and specialist skills. Together, you’ll challenge convention, explore new possibilities and help shape a more inclusive and sustainable future. You’ll be empowered to learn, grow, thrive, and make a lasting impact.

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