Food & Beverage Manager

English Heritage; East Harlsey; Remote; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension contributions

Flexible hours

Career progression

Apprenticeships

Free site access

Employee discount

Enhanced parental leave

Inclusive culture

Live events

Job summary

English Heritage is seeking a Food & Beverage Manager to run the Coffee House at Mount Grace Priory on a permanent basis. The role is 36 hours per week April–October and 21 hours per week November–March, including regular weekends.

You will lead the cafe team and help deliver a first-class visitor experience while aiming for around £110,000 income per annum. You will plan shifts with costed rotas, ensure health and safety compliance (food safety, allergens, COSHH and HACCP) and be a confident

Qualifications

• Qualified to Level 2/3 Food Hygiene standard.
• Personal licence holder.
• Experience leading a café/food & beverage team.
• Able to work weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead your team to deliver an exceptional visitor experience.
• Plan and schedule shifts to meet the needs of your café(s) and staff through costed rotas.
• Comply with health and safety legislation, including food safety, allergen labelling, COSHH and HACCP legislation.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team management

Customer service

Education

Level 2/3 Food Hygiene

Personal licence

Job description

About The Role

We are looking for a Food & Beverage Manager to join our team on a permanent basis, working 36 hours per week from April - October and 21 hours a week from November - March, including regular weekends.

This is a great opportunity to run our Coffee House at Mount Grace Priory.Founded in 1398, Mount Grace Priory was the last of the great Yorkshiremonasteries. In the Middle Ages, monks lived hermitic lives in one ofMount Grace’s 25 individual cells, each with a private garden. The site laterbecame the home to wealthy aristocrats and industrialists who re-modelledparts of it in the Arts and Crafts style.

Today the site welcomes c.45,000 visitors a year to find out what makesthe priory so unique in the reconstructed monk's cell; wander the rooms,of the Arts and Crafts manor house; and explore the redesigned Arts andCrafts gardens. As well as the cafe there is a shop and a holiday cottage.

You will beresponsible for managing the food and beverage business through leadingyour team from the front to deliver c.£110,000 income p.a.

• Lead your team to deliver an exceptional visitor experience
• Comply with health and safety legislation, including food safety, allergenlabelling, COSHH and HACCP legislation.
• Plan and schedule shifts to meet the needs of your café(s) and staffthrough costed rotas.

• An effective communicator with the confidence and ability to representthe charity.
• A visible leader who inspires and motivates employees andvolunteers.
• Qualified to Level 2/3 Food Hygiene standard and a personal license holder.

Interviews will take place week commencing 7 December at Mount Grace Priory.

If you would like to talk to us, e.g. about workplace adjustments or working patterns, please contact Sue Dalton, Interim Cluster Manager, on [e-mail].

The vacancy is due to close at midnight on the 20 November. We recommend applying as soon as possible, as this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

About English Heritage

Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Heritage lives in places and people, memories and stories, artefacts and traditions. It can connect us all to the past, and to each other. It can make us happier, strengthen every community, and help shape society for the better. Everybody should be able to enjoy the benefits it brings.

That’s why, as a charity, we care for over a million objects and hundreds of historic sites in every part of England, from international icons to local treasures. And it’s why we open them up, share their stories and find new ways for everybody to enjoy, learn, play and create.

The Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, pro rata, rising to 28 days after 3 years
• Matched pension contributions up to 10%
• Flexible hours
• The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector
• Apprenticeship opportunities
• Subscriptions to professional bodies
• Free access to all English Heritage sites for you and up to six friends and family members
• 25% discount in our shops and cafes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity or shared parental leave
• Options to buy additional leave
• An inclusive working atmosphere everybody is supported from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs
• Opportunities to go to some of our great live music and history events

Find out more about us and what we do: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/ You can also meet some of our people and hear about why they enjoy working with us: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers-with-us/

Everybody’s welcome at English Heritage

Forget the stereotypes. It takes thousands of people from every background to care for England’s heritage and open it up for everybody to enjoy. We’re looking for every type of person with every kind of skill and experience, and we’re committed to making sure that English Heritage is an equitable, diverse and inclusive place to work. You can connect with others through our EDI networks as a member or ally. These include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Equity, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence, Age, Disability and Gender Health and Wellbeing.

We take wellbeing seriously. We are committed to ensuring everyone feels safe at work and can carry out their role. To support this, we have a network of Mental Health First aiders, regular information and awareness events, unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Programme and work with our people to implement reasonable adjustments.