Casual Bar Staff

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Gloucester Guildhall, operated by Gloucester City Council, seeks casual bar staff to serve drinks at live gigs and events. You’ll work shifts around the venue’s busy programme and must have bar experience and knowledge of safe alcohol service. Cash handling accuracy and customer interaction are key.]

Flexible shift patterns offer opportunities to gain event-industry experience and potential work across the council’s cultural venues.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a bar and knowledge of safe sale of alcohol.
• Confident to speak to customers and process orders quickly.
• Attention to cash-handling procedures and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Serve drinks to customers during events and performances.
• Assist with bar operations to support Gloucester Guildhall programme.
• Support other venues in the cultural services pool when required.

Skills

Experience in bar work

Cash handling

Customer communication

Tools

POS systems

Job description

Casual Bar Staff

Date: 23 Sept 2026

Job Location: Gloucester

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]

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-

Casual Bar Staff Job Profile

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 disadvantaged because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process [e-mail].

Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here

If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.

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.