Assistant F&B Manager

Your Hospitality journey starts here..

We are currently looking for a F&B Assistant Manager to join our talented Food & Beverage team at Chessington World of Adventures. We're looking for a F&B focused individual who is enthusiastic and self-driven.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of something very special at a major UK theme park attracting 1000's of guests during peak season! You will have the opportunity to be part of a high energy, fun team who delivers excellent customer service each day to all our guests who are ready to have an amazing action-packed day filled with our delicious and innovative food offering!

In addition to being part of an amazing team at an exciting resort, you will receive an attractive benefits package.

What's in it for you?

• You will be working on a permanent variable contract, with an hourly rate of £13.30
• Not only that, but you will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospects - we LOVE to promote from within!
• You will also be entitled to a Merlin Magic Pass (worth £1000) after an initial qualifying period, giving you and your friends and family fabulous park discounts across the Merlin Entertainments sites. These include Thorpe Park Resort, Legoland Windsor, Alton Towers, Chessington World of Adventures and Warwick Castle.
• You will also have development opportunities to allow you to grow your career with Aramark, where we have over 400 locations across the UK.
• Save hundreds of £'s with our online staff shopping scheme
• Free Uniform
• Working with a great team who have fabulous out of work social activities
• Employee assistance program
• Ongoing training and development - this could be the start of your hospitality career and we can support your development
• Free staff parking

The Role

Ideally, you will come from a catering or retail background. Alternatively, you may already have experience in supervising or managing teams and will be confident when it comes to organising them. This is a high-pressure role as the park gets busy, so you need to have a cool head and be ready for every eventuality. Flexibility is a must! You may have early starts or later finishes.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Managing the restaurants and food units during service
• Assigning team into their roles
• Organising schedules and your team to be effective on a daily basis
• Dealing with customer enquiries efficiently and handling complaints
• Training staff to follow restaurant procedures
• Maintaining safety and food quality standards
• Driving operational excellence and supporting staff throughout services
• Opening and closing units and cashing up

You'll be set up for success if you have:

• Experience within the F&B/hospitality world
• Experience managing and leading a team
• Hands on and highly organised
• Strong communication skills, reliable and flexible.