Assistant Food and Beverage Manager (Maternity Cover)

The Midland Hotel; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000

Job description

Be Yourself– Be a Champion for Your Team – Be Leonardo

You’ll be the backbone of the team as Assistant Food & Beverage Manager, working with your Head of Department to motivate the team and ensure that all guests have memorable experiences with us. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! You’ll be managing daily operations, supervising service delivery, and inspiring a vibrant team to exceed our guests’ expectations.

Some of the perks you could enjoy include:

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Meals on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

If you’re our ideal Assistant Food & Beverage Manager, you will:

• Be yourself!
• Lead by example and let your personality shine through
• Be creative and bring ideas to the table
• Organise and support during events to help create those memorable moments
• Keep the team morale high, especially when things get busy!
• Be visible on the floor, so that the team knows you’ve got their backs
• Support the Food and Beverage Manager with management of the wider team: this could include reviews and coffee catch ups

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community and it’s our role to keep you at the top of your game as an Assistant Manager! Our Assistant Managers hold key roles in supporting team members and Heads of Department every day, so we support your skills with our “People Programme” and “Passion 4 People Leonardo Culture” workshops. To develop your business and people skills we also offer an 8-month “Fast Forward Programme” to help you progress to the next stage in your career! With our support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression, you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!