Catering Team Leader - 430380

Edinburgh Leisure; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Edinburgh Leisure is seeking a dynamic Catering Team Leader for its café at the Edinburgh International Climbing Arena. The ideal candidate will lead a vibrant team, ensuring high-quality service and customer satisfaction while enjoying a competitive salary and excellent perks including free membership to fitness centers and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

FREE membership across all centres

Opportunities for training and career growth

Generous holiday allowance (32 days)

Cycle-to-work scheme

Paid sick leave

Company pension

Access to retail discounts

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead and motivate team members.
• Previous hospitality experience demonstrating customer service excellence.
• Experience in food preparation complying with Food Safety & HACPP.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring food and beverage quality preparation and service.
• Supervising and mentoring team members for customer satisfaction.
• Handling cash, managing stock, and merchandising.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Motivation

Customer service

Team leadership

Education

REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene certificate

Barista training

Job description

Catering Team Leader

Full Time, permanent - 35.75 hours per week (includes weekend working)

Salary: £26,463 per annum Location: Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, Ratho

We are looking for a friendly, positive, and enthusiastic multitasker to lead our Café team.This hands-on, front-of-the-house role is perfect for avibrant, outgoing person with a proactive attitudewho can create a welcoming and fun environment for all customers and employees.

You will be responsible for:

• Monitoring the quality preparation and service of food and beverages.
• Supervising, mentoring and motivating team members to ensure consistent customer satisfaction.
• Cash handling, stock management and merchandising.
• Leading by example in consistently delivering a culture of high performance to meet income targets.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Proven ability to lead by example and motivate team members.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to engage and connect with a varied customer base.
• UK Driving licence along with access to a vehicle.
• Previous hospitality experience demonstrating exceptional customer service.
• Experience in basic food preparation and food assembly to comply with Food Safety & HACPP.
• REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene certificate and barista training.

In return, we offer one of the best rewards packages in the industry:

• FREE membership across all our centres with access to fitness centres, gyms, and swimming pools
• Opportunities for training, career growth and development
• Generous holiday allowance (32 days, rising with service up to 40 days)
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Paid sick leave
• Company pension
• Access to discounts with a huge number of retailers (saving money in cinemas, restaurants, clothing, and electronics shops, on insurance and healthcare and much more)

We encourage applicants to apply at their earliest opportunity as we will be running a fluid recruitment process. We will review applications as we receive them and arrange interviews with suitable candidates at the earliest opportunity.

We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and will offer support with reasonable adjustments where required. We are committed to offering an interview to applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Registered Scottish Charity No: SC027450