Restaurant Manager — Leadership & Growth

Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wage + bonus

Leadership Development Programme

Meals + drinks on shift

Dining discounts for family & friends

Coffee discounts at Caravan Coffee Roa

Job summary

Caravan is seeking a Restaurant Manager to join our London team. You’ll support the General Manager, lead from the floor, and ensure outstanding hospitality every day.

You’ll develop confident, high-performing teams and safeguard Caravan’s welcoming culture in every shift. You will drive sales, labour, gross profit and waste targets while upholding food, drink and service standards, and you’ll oversee systems and health & safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Experienced hospitality leader focused on growing into a future General Manager.
• Confident in leading teams, managing standards, and creating guest experiences.
• Culture ambassador aligned with Caravan’s values.
• Organised, commercially aware, and able to balance shift management while inspiring teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure our food, drink, and service standards are consistently delivered.
• Train, support and develop confident, high-performing teams: making sure new hires feel welcome and everyone has clear training, reviews and development plans.
• Drive sales, labour, GP, and wastage targets while protecting the Caravan culture.
• Manage systems including Fourth, Mapal and Workvivo.
• Maintain property standards, health & safety, and compliance.
• Contribute to management meetings, audits, and action plans.

Skills

Hospitality leadership

Team management

Guest experience

Training & development

Commercial awareness

Tools

Fourth

Mapal

Workvivo

Job description

Caravan is seeking a Restaurant Manager to join our London team. You’ll support the General Manager, lead from the floor, and ensure outstanding hospitality every day.

You’ll develop confident, high-performing teams and safeguard Caravan’s welcoming culture in every shift. You will drive sales, labour, gross profit and waste targets while upholding food, drink and service standards, and you’ll oversee systems and health & safety compliance.