Senior Food & Beverage Manager
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  • full-time
  • £38,961 per annum
Job Description:
Summary Are you looking for the next step up in your career in food and drink? The National Trust is renowned for its food and hospitality. We run 185 cafes, tea-rooms and restaurants all over England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and we’d love you to join us. 
We’re looking for a Senior Food and Beverage Manager to join us at Anglesey Abbey. Because the location is in a rural area, please think about how you’d be able to get here for work, before applying for the job.
Benefits: We want to help you look after the things that matter to you, such as saving for your future, getting a discount on your weekly shop, or encouraging you to find a work-life balance. Please read our package, below, to see what benefits we offer you.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (full-time), working 5 out of 7 days. Shifts will be worked between 7am and 5pm. Regular weekend working is required, as well as weekdays and holidays. 
Salary: £38,961 per year.
Duration: Permanent contract.
Interview dates: 18th or 19th June 2024. 
What it’s like to work here Reporting to the Area Manager, you’ll be based at Anglesey Abbey (Quy Road, Lode, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9EJ), a Jacobean-style house with gardens and a working watermill. As well as the house and gardens, Anglesey Abbey has a woodland play area, shop and plant centre and the Redwoods restaurant.
To find out more about what it’s like to work in a food and beverage team for the National Trust, click here to watch our video.
What you’ll be doing As Senior Food and Beverage Manager, you’ll provide leadership and support to the team at a very large and complex National Trust place, or group of smaller places, and its food and drink outlets. This will involve handling things behind the scenes: from administration to developing people, and everything in between.
It’s a busy, lively business and, as well as line-managing staff, you’ll be leading all aspects of the day-to-day running of our food and drink operations, leaving the team to get on with doing what they do best. 
You’ll help to build a great place to work for your team. You’ll recruit and train versatile and hard-working people, and encourage high achievement by setting objectives and reviewing their performance. You might also be needed to support the wider property team from time to time.
You’ll set and achieve financial targets, take ownership of budgets, manage wages and control costs to improve profitability. You’ll also ensure stock and waste are monitored and you’ll actively look for ways to increase income.
We’ll give you an induction that fits the job, and training in allergens and food safety, plus any mentoring needed to help you in your role. You can sign up for further professional training and development if you wish. 
Please also read the full role profile, attached to this advert.
Who we’re looking for We’d love to hear from you if you’re:
* Experienced as a leader, managing large teams of people, with skills that include developing people, setting personal objectives and giving feedback.
* Familiar with budgets, increasing income and controlling costs (including managing stock and waste).
* Confident about identifying new opportunities and make strategic decisions for the future of your department.
* Experience managing risk including knowledge of food hygiene and Health & Safety compliance requirements.
The package The National Trust has the motto ’For everyone, for ever’ at its heart. We’re working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It’s important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we’re for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.
* Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
* Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
* Tax-free childcare scheme
* Rental deposit loan scheme
* Season ticket loan
* EV car lease scheme 
* Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
* Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
* Flexible working whenever possible
* Employee assistance programme
* Free parking at most Trust places
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer to support you.
Job number 1178389
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Company size: 5,000 employees
Industry: Charity
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