Server/Waiter/Waitress

Park Inn by Radisson Southend-on-Sea-Food & Beverage; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hotel chain in Southend-on-Sea seeks a Food and Beverage Assistant to join their vibrant team. The role entails ensuring guest satisfaction through proactive service and smooth operations within the food and beverage department. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills and a flexible, creative problem-solving mindset, while prior experience is desirable but not essential. The hotel offers attractive benefits, including a competitive compensation package, opportunities for personal development, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Special rates for team members and families

Individual development plan access

Complimentary meal on duty

28 days holiday for full time

Free leisure facilities at off-peak times

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar position is beneficial but not essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Passionate about creating extraordinary service.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guest satisfaction and smooth running of the food and beverage department.
• Anticipate guests’ needs and deliver an experience beyond expectation.
• Work proactively as an integral part of the team.

Skills

Flexibility and positive attitude

Attention to detail

Creative problem-solving

Strong verbal communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Radisson Hotel Group is one of the world's largest hotel groups with ten distinctive hotel brands, and more than 1,160 hotels in operation and under development in 95+ countries. The Group’s overarching brand promise is Every Moment Matters with a signature Yes I Can! service ethos.

People are at the core of our business success and future. Our people are true Moment Makers and together we bring the culture, spirit, environment and opportunities that empower you to be your best, every day, everywhere, every time. Together, we make Every Moment Matter.

We are now looking for a Food and Beverage Assistant to join our dynamic team here at Radisson Hotel Group!

We focus on you as a person, your skills, talents, and passion – not only on your resume. Because mindset is what it’s all about. And you can grow the rest with us. That's a promise!

What We Offer Our Food and Beverage Assistant

We aim to be as good a place to work as we are to stay. That is why we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, which includes:

• Special rates for our team members, and friends and families while travelling and staying in our hotels
• We take our “We grow talent, talent grows us” culture belief to heart. With us you will benefit from a wide range of development offers supporting your learning & growth right from your onboarding. This includes an individual development plan and unlimited access to more than +20K learning modules & programs through Radisson Academy
• Participate and live Responsible Business every day together with our team members in the hotel and in the local communities where we work on creating shared value, better futures and a better planet for all
• Contributory pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Complimentary meal on duty
• Uniform
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme through UNUM
• Fantastic opportunities to progress
• 28 days holiday for full time team members
• Free use of our leisure, pool and gym facilities at off-peak times *where applicable

The Food and Beverage Assistant Role

Our food and beverage team are sophisticated hosts with an instinctive ability to anticipate guests’ needs by being in the right place at the right time and delivering an experience that is beyond expectation - creating memorable moments for our guests.

• Our Food and Beverage Assistants are keen as mustard where service is concerned!
• As an integral part of the team, you will work proactively to ensure guest satisfaction and the smooth running of the food and beverage department

As Food and Beverage Assistant, you will join a team that is passionate about delivering incredible service where we believe that anything is possible, whilst having fun in all that we do!

Qualities We Are Looking For In Our Food and Beverage Assistant

• Flexibility and a positive, Yes I Can! Attitude
• An eye for detail
• Is a creative problem-solver
• Passionate about creating extraordinary service
• Ability to work as part of a team to ensure guest satisfaction
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Experience in a similar position is beneficial but not essential

Become part of the world of Moment Makers, we are looking forward to getting to know you!

Stylish accommodation close to the seaside, our hotel in Southend-on-Sea, Park Inn by Radisson Palace, offers comfortable rooms with scenic views for your stay in this popular seaside resort town. Adventure Island and Southend Pier, the town’s major landmark, are just a six-minute walk from our hotel.

Our vibrant Southend-on-Sea hotel offers comfort in the city centre with 137 comfortable and spacious guest rooms, dining in our colourful restaurant and bar and versatile meeting spaces which can accommodate a variety of business events, social functions and weddings.