Restaurant Manager

Amberley Castle; Arun; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hospitality group as a Restaurant Manager in a beautiful venue. In this role, you'll lead a dedicated team, ensuring exceptional service and guest experiences. The role offers a supportive culture with opportunities for growth and various perks, making it a fulfilling career choice.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Access to retail and hospitality perks via Perkbox

25% discount on food & beverage

Free meals when on duty

Learning and development opportunities

Milestone awards for years of service

Qualifications

• Experience in a management role in a restaurant or hospitality setting is essential.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills are required.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively engage with guests and staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the restaurant team to ensure high-quality service.
• Recruit and train new staff to maintain service standards.
• Ensure a memorable dining experience for all guests.

Skills

Staff recruitment

Customer service

Team leadership

Job description

The Brownsword Group has created arguably the most iconic collection of historic countryside and city centre hotels, all wonderful properties set within beautiful grounds and cities, each with its own stories to share. Generosity, quality, and welcoming hospitality are at the core of what they do. Being exceptional hoteliers has been the foundation of their success in hospitality.

Come and join our team as a Restaurant Manager and let your passion and personality shine.

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Restaurant Manager, you will lead our restaurant team and ensure we always provide exceptional service to our guests, helping them make memories that last a lifetime.

Check out some key points about the role:

• We serve a variety of delicious dishes, so get to know the menu well to advise our guests effectively.
• You will recruit the best staff for your team when new positions arise.
• Train new staff to be as wonderful as our current team members.
• You will spend a significant amount of your life at work, so we encourage building close relationships across teams.
• Ensure all our guests have a memorable experience.
• We are one team, so we will all pitch in from time to time, helping across departments.

Work/life balance is important, and we strive to be fair with rotas. Flexibility from you is appreciated so we can be flexible in return.

Bonus: We have a management bonus scheme for Heads of Department and above, which will be discussed at the interview.

Perks include:

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Access to retail and hospitality perks via our Perkbox platform.
• 25% discount on food & beverage in our hotels, plus a staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group; friends and family also benefit from special rates.
• Support through our Employee Assistance Programme, including an externally run confidential helpline.
• Free meals when on duty.
• Opportunities for learning and development with pathways tailored to your growth.
• Many internal promotion opportunities, including to General Manager.
• Milestone awards such as Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for each year of service, with additional rewards at significant milestones like longer stays, extra days off, and personalized gifts.