Bartender

Caravan Southbank; Greater London; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals & drinks on shift

50% dining discount with up to 4 mates

20% coffee retail discount

Wellbeing support

Financial health education & support

Leadership training and development

Dining voucher on start/birthday/work-

Job summary

Caravan Southbank in London is seeking an exceptional Bartender to help open our tenth Caravan. You will work with the Bar Manager and team to maintain high standards of hospitality and health and safety, inspiring and educating colleagues from day one.

You’ll join a two-floor restaurant with multiple bars, delivering memorable guest experiences and supporting your team to grow and evolve within a dynamic, energetic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospitality and bartending is preferred.
• Strong guest service and communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a busy team with high energy.

Responsibilities

• Ensure beverage and service standards are consistently delivered.
• Share knowledge and passion with the team to create welcoming hospitality.
• Adhere to weights and measures, licensing laws, health and safety.
• Collaborate with the restaurant team to provide the best guest experience.

Job description

Bartender

Caravan Southbank, London

Overall earnings up to £16.76 per hour

Full time

This November, we’re opening our tenth, and biggest, Caravan at the Southbank. And we’re looking for an exceptional Bartender to help us open. We’re after someone kind, confident, high-energy and genuinely passionate about what they do. Someone who knows how to support their team, loves to welcome & awe guests from the first impression, and who wants to share that passion with their team & guests.

You’ll be joining Caravan as we open a special new restaurant, with two floors, multiple bars and plenty of opportunity to make your mark from day one.

The role

As Bartender you’ll work alongside your Bar Manager and the management team to make sure the day-to-day operation of the bar runs brilliantly every day. That means having high standards for health & safety, culture, hospitality and inspiring & educating the team around you to make sure every guest that leaves the restaurant has the best experience possible.

What you'll be doing as Bartender

• Ensure our beverage and service standards are consistently delivered
• Sharing your knowledge and passion with the full team and helping create the kind of hospitality people want to come back for
• Following requirements regarding weights and measures, licensing laws, health, and safety
• Working closely with the wider restaurant team to give every guest the best experience possible

Why Caravan?

Since 2010, we’ve been serving well-travelled food, specialty coffee and drinks inspired by flavours and ideas from around the world.

We’re a business built around curious people. People who care about what they do, look out for each other and aren’t afraid to try something new. With more openings ahead and a big focus on developing our own people, there’s plenty of room to grow with us too.

Plus, when you work at Caravan you enjoy:

• Free meals & drinks when on shift
• 50% dining discount with up to 4 mates
• 20% coffee retail discount
• Extensive wellbeing support
• Financial health education & support
• Leadership training and development
• A dining voucher when you start, on your birthday and your work anniversary, to spend in any of our restaurants
• Real career progression - 80% of our management roles are filled internally

Our values

We live by four core values, and our Bartender and every team member would live, promote and role model them:

• All welcome - We make space for everyone at our table
• No boundaries - Grow, develop and thrive, just a little bit each day
• Caravan of Love - Bring the energy, and be part of the change you want to see in the world
• Well-travelled - Be curious; learn, taste, experiment and share that knowledge with those you meet along the way

Sustainability

We’re all in on both environmental and social sustainability practices. Every team member plays their part in maintaining our B-Corp certification targets.

Diversity & Inclusion

Everyone's welcome at Caravan. We respect individual differences in identity, culture and experience, with our team, and with every guest.