Restaurant and Events Supervisor

The Barnsdale; Oakham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted staff rates across our 
hot

Stream - salary access before pay date

Wellbeing Hub

28 days holiday incl. BH + birthday

Referral bonus up to £1000

Long Service Awards

Group mobility across Signet

Apprenticeships & Level 4 quals

Free parking

Job summary

The Barnsdale, part of Signet Collection, seeks a highly professional full-time Restaurant & Events Supervisor to join our Food & Beverage team at The Barnsdale, Rutland. You will be a hands-on leader, delivering guest experiences across our restaurant, bar, weddings, conferences and special events.

Reporting to the Head of Food and Beverage, you will motivate the team, coach colleagues, and uphold our service standards with a passion for hospitality.

Qualifications

• Experience in a good hotel or restaurant environment.
• Natural hosting skills, and able to meet our service standards.
• Approachable and passionate with an enthusiastic, positive manner.
• Ability to help run shifts and coach and support your colleagues.
• A passion for food, wine and hospitality, with an eye for detail.
• Willingness and flexibility to work across days, evening and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Deliver guest experience across restaurant, bar, weddings, conferences and special events.
• Balance operational management with event coordination and revenue generation.
• Serve guests to deliver great dining, wedding and event experiences across the hotel and dedicated event Barn.

Skills

Leadership

Customer service

Hosting

Team coaching

Flexibility

Guest service

Job description

We’re theSignet Collection — a lovingly curated family of hotels that prioritise character over conformity, warmth over formality, and soulful hospitality over cookie‑cutter corporate vibes. If you’ve visited any of our properties, you’ll know: we love beautiful spaces, brilliant people, and stories worth sharing over a very good glass of something crisp. We are looking for a highly professional full-time Restaurant & Events Supervisorto join our Food & Beverage team at The Barnsdale, Rutland. We are seeking an energetic, hands‑on Restaurant & Events Supervisor to help deliver the guest experience across our restaurant, bar, weddings, conferences and special events.

Perched on the edge of Rutland Water, our 46‑bedroom hotel comes with postcard‑worthy views, a gorgeous courtyard and a seriously talented kitchen team cooking up fine dining using the best local produce. Surrounded by peaceful countryside and just a stone’s throw from the charming market towns of Oakham and Uppingham, it’s the kind of place guests escape to – and the team genuinely enjoy working in. Fresh air, great food, lovely surroundings and a fab team? Yes please. Plus we offer free parking, and annual Tronc of about £3000 per year for a full-timer, and pro rata for part-time (paid monthly in your normal pay!). With new projects and investment coming to the hotel to develop into a resort- this is a great time to be joining this stunning property! Reporting to the Head of Food and Beverage, the successful candidate will be passionate about hospitality, guest service excellence and team leadership, with the ability to balance operational management, event coordination and revenue generation. This is a hands‑on role responsible, serving our guests to deliver great dining, wedding and event experiences across both the hotel and dedicated event Barn, ensuring every guest receives an outstanding experience. This role would really suit a great hospitality Front of house team member with great passion and experience, looking for the next step on their journey!

You will have:

• The ability to motivate yourself and be a role model for the others on the floor.
• Experience in a good hotel or restaurant environment.
• Natural hosting skills, and able to meet our service standards.
• Approachable and passionate with an enthusiastic, positive manner.
• Ability to help run shifts and coach and support your colleagues.
• A passion for food, wine and hospitality, with an eye for detail.
• Willingness and flexibility to work across days, evening and weekends

We can offer you:

• An amazing opportunity of joining and being part of a very exciting adventure. An excellent starting rate of pay, plus generous Tronc on top, paid monthly
• Discounted rates across our restaurants and hotels for you, family and friends to enjoy.
• Stream - access up to 40% of your pay before pay date, and save directly from your salary.
• Your Wellbeing Hub - powered by Hospitality Action, from an 24/7 employee assistance programme, to gym classes, to nutritious recipes, to clinical counselling, we want you feel cared for at each step.
• 28 days’ holiday (including Bank Holidays)+ birthday off
• Team recognition programme to celebrate your achievements.
• Referral bonus scheme for recommending top talent - earn up to £1000.
• Long Service Awards - dinners for two with all the trimmings, complimentary room stays with breakfast and dinner, theatre tickets to see The Lion King, and so much more.
• Flexibility to move across our Group, as you develop with us.
• Access to apprenticeships and accredited qualifications up to Level 4.

At Signet Collection, we believe that our appearance reflects the luxury and elegance our guests expect when they stay with us. As you consider joining our team, we want to remind you of the importance of presenting yourself in a way that reflects our style of hospitality; warm, charming, and polished.

So, if you are dedicated to making each and every guest experience unequivocally brilliant, and have what it takes, we would love to meet you!