Food & Beverage Manager 30,966 pa

Summary

Are you looking for the next step in your career in food and beverage? The National Trust is renowned for its food and hospitality. We run 185 cafes all over England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and we'd love you to join us. We're looking for a Food and Beverage Manager to join us on a fixed term contract to manage Food and Beverage whilst the Manager is away on Maternity leave. Although it is a fixed term contract who knows what other opportunities might open up. Please think about how you'd be able to get here for work, before applying for the job.

Benefits: We want to help you look after the things that matter to you, such as saving for your future, getting a discount on your weekly shop, or encouraging you to find a work-life balance.

Hours: 1950 hours per year which is full time but allows flexibility depending on the time of the year

Duration: fixed term until 1st August 2027

Interview date: Thursday 7th May at Speke Hall

Responsibilities

As Food and Beverage Manager, you'll lead and support your team at one of the National Trust's busy visitor attractions. This involves handling things behind the scenes, from administration to developing people and everything in between. You'll champion outstanding customer service and keep presentation standards high, to help give all our visitors an enjoyable day.

You'll be responsible for leading and running our café on a day-to-day basis, so the team can get on with doing what they do best. It's a busy, lively place, and we want to make sure that we always give visitors the best service every time.

You'll help to build a great place to work for your team. You'll recruit and train versatile and hard-working people, and encourage high achievement by setting objectives and reviewing their performance. You might also be needed to support the wider property team from time to time.

You'll work with the Area Manager to set and achieve financial targets that will increase profitability, as well as overseeing results and acting when needed. Where you can, you'll find ways to improve things, based on feedback from the team and visitors.

We'll provide an induction that fits the job, and training in allergens and food safety, plus any mentoring needed to help you in your role. You can sign up for further professional training and development if you wish.

Who we're looking for

• experienced as a leader, with skills including setting personal objectives and providing development.
• familiar with budgets, increasing income and controlling costs (including managing stock and waste).
• confident with identifying new opportunities and making strategic decisions for the future of your department.
• good with people, with a can-do attitude.
• aware of health and safety compliance.

Benefits

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.

Location

Speke Hall, The Walk, Liverpool, L24 1XD

Requirements

Compliance. Eligibility to Work in the UK

Equal Opportunities Statement

The National Trust celebrates diversity and is committed to creating a fair and equal society, free from discrimination. You can read more about our commitment to inclusion and diversity here.

Safeguarding Statement

The National Trust is committed to a safe recruitment processes to help the organisation attract and appoint the right staff/volunteer for the role and responsibilities as set out in the vacancy advert. We will not accept applicants who are not suitable to work with children, young people or adults at risk. If you have any questions around your suitability for this vacancy, please contact the people service centre.