Join Team Fram
Front of House Staff, Ilkley
We’re looking for enthusiastic food and drinking loving individuals to join our team in Ilkley. A people person who works well in a team, takes direction, and enjoys giving first class service. Full and part time hours available. If you would love to work in our beautifully cute Ilkley bar please send your CV to ilkley@friendsofham.com
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General Manager, Ilkley
Pay: From £33,000.00 pa depending on experience
Job description:
We’re looking for an experienced General Manager to join and lead the team at Friends of Ham, Ilkley.
This is a great opportunity for someone with a passion for artisan produce and a love for providing great service.
You will need to be enthusiastic, organised, a pro-active person who gets things done, possess great communication skills and be a natural at leading and nurturing a team. You will need to have the ability to think on your feet and respond to situations effectively as they arise.
We are a small family business with 2 locations specialising in craft beer and charcuterie in a relaxed, informal environment. The role would report directly to the Director and will be given the opportunity to have significant positive influence within the business.
Service is a large part of the role with a good proportion of your time spent “on the floor” so the role is suitable for someone who enjoys a mix of management tasks and customer interaction.
Duties will include
- Ensuring company standards are met at all times including service, procedure and cleanliness
- Helping to manage health & safety and compliance
- Recruiting, training and managing staff inc rotas etc
- Helping to implement new company policies
- Stock management inc running the stock system
- Ordering of stock and consumables
- Helping to drive sales and manage costs
- Serving customers - leading from the front
Essential for the role are
- at least 2 years as a General Manager or equivalent of a pub, bar or restaurant
- An interest in beer and a solid knowledge of beer styles
- A passion for quality produce
- Great communication skills and a confident leadership style
- A calm, measured temperament and the ability to “firefight” when necessary
- A keen eye for detail coupled with high standards
- Excellent organisational skills
- Personal licence
- Understanding of GP’s and managing costs
Desirables are
- Experience of integrated till and stock system
- Good wine knowledge and ideally some formal training
- Knowledge/ interest in cheese and charcuterie
- Coffee trained
What we offer
- Salary dependent on experience
- 40 -42 hour working week - great for a healthy work/ life balance
- Share of Tronc - generally around £400 per month so £5K per year
- Free meal on shift, free drink at end of shift & staff discount
- External training opportunities - WSET, barista etc
We’re ideally looking for someone to start in October but are flexible depending on notice periods etc and are most interested in finding the right person. Please send your CV and covering letter to kitch@friendsofham.com
For anyone who is interested in joining either team in Leeds or Ilkley, please do pop your CV into either bar or email us with a covering letter and we'll keep it on file.
