Bar Manager

Ideally positioned on the banks of the River Lagan, Hilton Belfast offers a central and vibrant location, just moments from the city's top cultural landmarks, thriving nightlife, and key business districts.

Are you an ambitious hospitality professional with a passion for exceptional service and dynamic leadership? Hilton Belfast is looking for a driven Bar Manager to take the reins of our beverage operations and deliver an unforgettable experience for our guests.

As Bar Manager, you will lead from the floor—inspiring a high-performing team, optimising operational efficiency, and elevating our drink menus to match our world-class standards.

What we offer

• Competitive
• Worldwide employee discounts at Hilton Hotels through Go Hilton program;
• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
• Free meals while on shift;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

Your role

You will have an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of growing fantastic teams by leading from the front, while keeping your guests at heart of everything that you do.

We are looking for someone that holds and enjoys maintaining high standards, with a keen attention for detail.

The ideal person for this role will be a true epicurean – a food and drink enthusiast, who maintains a solid and up-to-date understanding of the restaurant and bar scene.

As a Bar Manager, you will ensure the smooth operational running of our Bar in order to deliver an excellent and memorable experience for our guests.

You will work closely with Food & Beverage Manager and General Manager, leading and evolving the F&B operations at the hotel, driving revenue, and ensuring that brand standards are met, and guests’ expectations are exceeded.

The core skills and experience required to succeed

• Truly passionate about the Hospitality Industry;
• Previous experience in working in highly acclaimed venues which have a reputation for great service;
• Managing the day-to-day operations and activities within the Bar, ensuring the team deliver an exceptional experience for our guests;
• Team player who communicates well with all colleagues;
• Strong leadership and motivational skills which are capable of nurturing, developing and inspiring team members;
• Previous experience as a Food & Beverage Manager or an Assistant Food & Beverage Manager, Restaurant or Bar Manager (ready for the step-up);
• Excellent personal presentation;
• A authentic and inspiring leader of people and business;
• Good understanding of food hygiene and health & safety procedures.

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and the Hilton Belfast

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.

Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.

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