Assistant Restaurant Manager
IHG · United Kingdom
We are looking for an Assistant Restaurant Manager to join our team at BABA restaurant in Kimpton Charlotte Square!
You will earn £15.35 per hour – equal to £ 31,930.00 salary, plus service charge
Our award-winning BABA restaurant sitting proudly on the iconic George Street in Edinburgh within the Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel brings flavours inspired by the Levant. The menu consists of mezze, charcoal grills and unique cocktails – made for sharing and bringing people together! Our restaurant is popular both with Edinburgh locals and those from far-and-wide visiting Edinburgh alike, we can host between 250 and 400 covers each night. Hosting an open kitchen, our customers can experience an authentic experience with a personalised service!
What’s in it for you as our Assistant Restaurant Manager:
• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities.
• Complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George, plus Spa & Gym discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Apart from Meals whilst on duty, we also provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance, Mental Health First Aiders on Duty, and access to Employee Assistance Programs.
• 31 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated) & Enhanced Family Leave (you can ask more details at the interview).
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world, plus discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema!
• Don’t forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme!
As an Assistant Restaurant Manager, your main duties and responsibilities will be providing a personalised service to customers and playing a key role in supporting the team in the absence of our Restaurant Manager by helping them with high-level service recoveries, training them to a high standard and ensuring that our service is consistent across the board. You will be someone who has some level of management or supervisory experience, looking to take the next step in your career progression and join a fast-paced extremely popular city-centre restaurant.
To succeed as an Assistant Restaurant Manager, you will need:
• Experience working within a restaurant as either a Supervisor, Team Leader or Assistant Manager
• Some people management skills, ideally having been involved in the training and mentoring of employees and supported in some level the recruitment of new starters
• Hunger for success in the form of a high standard service, you will pay close attention to detail and have experience dealing with service recoveries
• To be a confident leader who enjoys to lead by example!
• Passion for providing luxury experiences, not shy to go above and beyond to personalise our Guests stay and provide your local wisdom to enhance their experience
• Ability to work together in the team with guests as our centre focus!
At IHG, we believe there’s Room for You: Room to Grow (providing career development and learning opportunities), Room to Belong (fostering an inclusive environment where diverse employees can be their authentic selves), and Room to Make a Difference (empowering employees to have an impact on the guest experience and the business).
At Kimpton, our shared mission is to make lives better through heartfelt human connections. This emotional investment drives all that we do, and it’s why you’ll love the work, too. Our colleagues are empowered and encouraged to act from the heart, to go above and beyond to create ridiculously personal experiences for each other and our guests!
Our passion is YOU…come as you are!
If you are someone who likes to march to the beat of their own drum and wants to join a company which encourages authentic individuality, apply today to join us as a Assistant Restaurant Manager!
You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any adjustments or support at any stage, and your recruiter will assist you accordingly.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.