Department of Place
Bradford Theatres
Assistant Bars & Catering (FOH) Manager
Band 8 £22,658 pa - £24,964 pa (Increase from April 2018)
1 x 37 hours per week
Established
Based at St George’s Concert Hall & Alhambra Theatre
Bradford Theatres has an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, hard working, professional candidate to assist the established management team lead to & develop our Bars, Catering and Hospitality services across four iconic venues:
- The Alhambra Theatre, a 1450 seated venue is regarded as one of the top UK receiving theatres and the jewel in the crown of Bradford.
- St. George’s Concert Hall, 1574 seats / 1872 standing, is one of the best acoustic concert venues in the UK and ranks extremely highly in Europe’s magnificent cache of Concerts Halls.
- The Studio Venue is a recently refurbished 250 capacity versatile multi-functional space with excellent development prospects
- The King’s Hall – Winter Garden in Ilkley, a 500 seated theatre, events, wedding and functions venue (250 dining capacity) with the two side by side multi-functional halls.
Together we present the biggest and best in West End Musicals, Ballet, Opera, Comedy, Children’s Theatre, Drama, Pantomime, International Orchestral Seasons, Amateur Productions, Rock & Pop, attracting top producers and performers from the UK and further afield.
We want to recruit a candidate that has a proven track record in a similar entertainment setting (Theatres / Concert Hall) or in a large hospitality environment. The candidate will possess excellent people management skills to include the mentoring and training of staff and performance management, whilst taking responsibility for resources within a large catering environment and experience of leading multiple food & drink service points. The dept has approximately 60 members of staff including management, supervisors and a large casual workforce. Approximate income across the four sites is in the region of £1.3 million per annum.
This is a wonderful opportunity for an applicant who would like to join a friendly, passionate, established team and further develop their career within multi sited entertainment facilities. The Council promotes and actively encourages a healthy work life balance and to support that ethos the terms and conditions of employment are beneficial to staffs wellbeing, with excellent holiday allocation & pension. Personal and professional development is actively encouraged with many in-house and external training courses available to employees in addition to regular contact and mentoring from senior management.
The Assistant Manager will lead in achieving ambitious income targets and hitting GP’s monthly. He/she ideally has hands on experience and a working knowledge of stock controls. The successful candidate will be capable of identifying and resolving performance issues with staff, enhancing service delivery for our customers and seeing through developed training strategies, policies & procedures to maintain/improve the effectiveness of the department and the Theatre.
The ideal candidate will have hands on experience working with a mid-sized kitchen team (restaurant of 82 covers + a café type service point) and will be able to demonstrate impeccable knowledge and day to day experience of stock control methods/cellar management.
Relocation packages can be discussed at the time of interview
For further information regarding this post please contact Mark Davies on 01274 432375 or email mark.davies@bradford.gov.uk
Closing Date: 9th April 2018
Please find the Job Profile attached: Assistant Bars and Catering Manager JP.doc