F&B Team Leader

InterContinental Hotels Group; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in Glasgow seeks a Food & Beverage Team Leader to manage bar operations, lead a team, and deliver exceptional service in a high-energy environment. Ideal candidates will have experience in hotel settings and strong leadership skills. This role offers competitive pay and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Financial security with guaranteed hours

Wagestream financial wellbeing app

Growth and development opportunities

Worldwide discounted room rates

Generous maternity/paternity pay

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Solid experience in team leadership within a 4 or 5* hotel.
• Availability to work 5 shifts per week including weekends.
• Can communicate confidently and motivate the team under pressure.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead smooth and efficient bar shifts in a high-volume environment.
• Greet guests warmly and deliver top-tier service.
• Motivate and support a large team, leading by example.
• Ensure seamless service and high energy throughout shifts.

Skills

Team leadership

Clear communication

Customer service

Ability to work under pressure

Flexibility

Job description

At voco Grand Central Hotel, we are looking for our next Food & Beverage Team Leader to join us in creating a warm voco welcome for our guests!

Our locally curated voco Grand Central stands strong in Glasgow’s city centre, bringing together un-stuffy service and a warm Glasgow welcome to our business and leisure guests alike. Holding the biggest ballroom in Scotland with natural light and our iconic award-winning Champagne Central Bar, our Hotel is full of over 140 years of culture, history, and storytelling with our relaxing spaces for guests to enjoy.

Are you a natural host with strong leadership skills and a love for hospitality?

We’re looking for someone who can own the floor, lead a team, and bring great energy — every shift.

What you’ll do

• Lead a smooth and efficient bar shifts in a dynamic, high-volume environment.
• Set the tone — greet guests, create a warm atmosphere, and deliver top-tier service.
• Motivate and support a large team — lead by example, always.
• Keep the energy high and the service seamless.

We’re looking for someone who.

• Has solid experience of team leadership in a busy bar or restaurant within a 4 or 5* hotel
• Availability to work 5 shifts per week including weekends and bank holidays (evening availability is essential
• Communicates clearly and confidently under pressure and can motivate the team if the going gets tough!
• Thrives in a fast-paced setting and keeps things running like clockwork.
• Loves people and knows how to make guests feel welcome and looked after ensuring they are having a uniquely personal experience!
• Has a flexible approach to shifts and be willing to learn new things and work as part of our wider Hotel team!

Are you ready to lead from the front and be our next Food & Beverage Team Leader? If so, we would love to hear from you.

As a Team Leader at voco, we offer you the following benefits…

• Financial security- £14.15 per hour (£29,432 per annum FTE), guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay! Plus, Tronc paid monthly if in eligible role.
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Growth and development– extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perk’s portal.
• Wellbeing– generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders.
• Hotel specific benefits– generous discounts in our Champagne Bar (must be booked in line with process) plus a variety of different gifts on milestone occasions to celebrate with you!

If you are someone who wants to join a company which favours laid-back but attentive connections with a focus on the environment, apply today! Check out our Instagram page @vocograndcentral to see more.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.