Casual Bar Staff

Gloucester City Council; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucester City Council is seeking casual bar staff for Gloucester Guildhall in Guildhall, Gloucester. You will serve drinks during live music, theatre and cinema events and contribute to a fast-paced bar operation.

The role involves responsible alcohol service, cash handling and engaging with customers. Applicants should have bar experience, understand safe sale of alcohol and be confident with quick order processing.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a bar
• Knowledge of safe sale of alcohol
• Cash handling accuracy

Responsibilities

• Serve drinks to customers during events
• Process orders quickly with accuracy
• Handle cash and payments

Skills

Bar experience

Job description

This is a Gloucester City Council job.

• Job Title: Casual Bar Staff
• Job Location: Guildhall
• Salary: £13.28 per hour
• Hours per Week: Shift Work
• Contract Type: Casual
• Closing Date: 01/11/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 14949
• This post is not open to job share

Gloucester Guildhall have a busy year round programme of Live music gigs, theatre performances, cinema and weddings and to enable the team to deliver its jam-packed programme, we are looking to increase our pool of casual staff to support the Bar part of the business.

In the heart of the city, Gloucester Guildhall is a vibrant venue, home to an impressive programme of music, comedy, film, and theatre. As well as our 440-capacity main hall where we host our live music, we have a beautiful 60 seat cinema, multiple meeting and conference spaces and a bar which is always in demand with a sell-out gig. The main part of this role is to serve drink (including alcohol) to customers visiting whilst taking in the enjoyment of our lively programme. Imagine coming to work and listening to great bands for free – what’s not to love?

We are looking for casual bar staff who have experience of working in a bar and have knowledge of the safe sale of alcohol. With a small window of opportunity to generate income during events, you need to be confident to speak to our customers, process orders quickly and have great attention to detail when it comes to cash-handling.

We have a busy year ahead so if you want the flexibility of working shifts to suit your own personal calendar but also keen to gain experience of working in an events industry, then we would welcome your application to join our team. We are also looking to build the wider cultural services pool of casual staff so there may be additional opportunities to work at the Museum of Gloucester, Shopmobility and front of house operational roles at Gloucester Guildhall.

For further information about the role, please contact Elaine Wyatt – Food and Drink Team Leader on [e-mail]

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Equality and Diversity

We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.

We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability.

We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process [e-mail].

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.