Restaurant Assistant

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Job summary

A leading hotel group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Restaurant Assistant to serve guests and maintain cleanliness in the dining areas. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ability to work 30 hours a week including weekends. This role offers a competitive hourly rate of £12.60 along with various employee benefits including training funding and discounts.

Benefits

Bi-annual tax-free dividend

Funding for relevant training courses

Competitive occupational sick pay scheme

Discounts on holidays and hotel stays

Free employee meals whilst on duty

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and customer service skills required.
• Ability to learn quickly and stay calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Serve hotel guests breakfast, evening meals, and occasionally lunch.
• Keep service stations and tables clean and tidy.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Excellent customer service skills

Ability to learn quickly

Flexibility and ability to stay calm under pressure

Job description

Alfa Leisureplex Group has an opportunity for a Restaurant Assistant to join the team at The Norfolk Royale Hotel, Bournemouth.

Restaurant Assistant working hours:

As a Restaurant Assistant, you will work 30 hours per week, including weekends & split shifts, with an hourly rate of £12.60 – regardless of age!

Being a Restaurant Assistant:

Your main tasks will include serving hotel guests breakfast, evening meals, and occasionally lunch, while delivering excellent customer service. You will also be responsible for keeping service stations and tables clean and tidy.

Benefits of being an employee owner:

• Bi-annual tax-free dividend (circa £1,500 FTE in 2024)
• Funding for relevant training courses
• Job security due to our employee-owned status
• Support and continuous development opportunities
• Competitive occupational sick pay scheme
• Discounts on holidays and hotel stays
• Employee assistance programme - Health Assured
• Length of service rewards
• Live-in accommodation (location specific)
• Free employee meals whilst on duty
• Build your pension with company contributions
• Reward and engagement programs

Our ideal candidate:

Essential Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to learn quickly
• Flexibility and ability to stay calm under pressure

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in a similar role
• Knowledge of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry
• Passion for the industry

The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most respected coach holiday and hotel companies, with a turnover of over £70 million annually. We are the UK’s only employee-owned Travel Group, including brands like Leisureplex Hotels and Alfa Travel. Our mission is to provide high-quality, memorable holidays for our guests.

We operate 24 hotels in popular seaside locations across the UK, with over 2,000 rooms, maintaining strong year-round occupancy through our brands and partnerships.

Join us during this exciting growth phase. As an employee-owned business with nearly 1,000 employee owners, we value our people as our most important asset in delivering excellent service.

If you are friendly, positive, passionate, and possess the necessary skills and experience, click ‘apply’ today. We look forward to hearing from you!