Food and Beverage Manager
Reference: JAN20256532
Location: RSPB Newport Wetlands, Nash, NP18
Salary: £26,379.00 - £28,319.00 Per Annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance Scheme, 26 days' Annual Leave
Were recruiting a Food and Beverage Manager for our café at the Visitor Centre on the beautiful Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve. Newport Wetlands is a special area for wildlife, lying between the Severn estuary and the river Usk. It is one of the most important areas of wetland habitat in Wales, providing a haven for wildlife on the edge of the city. Specialist wetland birds such as bearded reedlings, little egrets, and the elusive bittern can be found here year-round. In the summer the reserve is a stronghold for the rare shrill carder bee and in the autumn waders and waterfowl appear in large flocks, along with the spectacle of fabulous starling murmurations.
The Role:
As Food and Beverage Manager you will utilise your management or supervisory experience and be responsible for leading day-to-day management of the café. Working with team members, you will be providing a warm, welcoming atmosphere for our visitors to enjoy nature-friendly food and drink in an incredible setting. You will lead on performance of the café against targets, coach and inspire your team to generate income to support our important conservation work.
Typical opening hours are between 10 am and 4 pm. The role will offer a flexible shift pattern of 5 days over 7 on a 9 to 5 basis, with regular weekend and bank holiday working.
Key Skills Areas:
* Leading the Food and Beverage team in day-to-day operations.
* Has commercial awareness, knowledge of budgets, controlling costs and maximising income.
* Experience of working with KPIs and targets to deliver organisational goals.
* Builds and maintains strong working relationships, has good people management skills including setting objectives and providing feedback.
* Provides a warm welcome for our visitors, is helpful and friendly with a positive attitude.
* Maintains food hygiene and health and safety standards in the work environment.
* Works to encourage teams, with support from colleagues across the organisation.
Essential skills, knowledge and experience:
* A positive outlook, can-do attitude and willing to develop new skills.
* A genuine desire to deliver amazing experiences for our visitors.
* A passion for good food and drink.
* Effective time management and people management
* Supervisory or management experience in a coffee shop environment.
Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:
* Level 3 Food Safety.
* Understanding of working EPOS systems.
* GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent.
Does this sound like you? If so, wed love to hear from you.
Closing date: 23:59, Sunday, 16th February 2025
We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 26th February 2025.
Interested?
If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.
We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on natures side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.
The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.
As part of this application process you will be asked to complete an application form including evidence on how you meet the skills, knowledge, and experience listed above. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.
No agencies please.
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