Bar Manager in Torquay

WHO:

We need a strong Bar Manager who’s great with people, knows their beverages and can lead a close-knit team.

THEY SHOULD:

• Be a hands‑on manager who leads from the front
• Be knowledgeable about beverages and be good at developing others
• Be personable and engaging
• Have natural rapport and be able to strike up relationships with our guests
• Be able to upsell and showcase our offerings
• Encourage a strong working relationship between teams
• Be organised, motivated and take ownership of the department
• Pro‑actively recruit, train and develop a team that show passion and commitment
• Have supervisory or management experience in a similar environment

The Imperial Torquay is a magnificent 19th Century 152-bedroom Victorian four‑star hotel, and offers breath taking sea views, plus a host of leisure facilities, making it fun and picturesque location to work in. Just a short walk from the main train station and town centre, the hotel is really accessible for our employees. Some staff car parking is available on site, as is free use of all the hotel's leisure facilities, including our gym and swimming pools.

WE WANT TO DEVELOP OUR PEOPLE

We have created our own internal training and development pathways for almost every job role in the business. This means the development journey in the business is mapped out clearly in writing, which employees are given when they start work, so everyone knows what the next step on their journey is, and how to get there. We also have our own people brand- 'Family First', because we are one big family :)

WE WANT WORK TO BE A PLEASURE

We’re a people business — our success relies on the skills and happiness of every one of our team. That’s why we invest in your training and development and promote from within. We depend on your personality and enthusiasm for hospitality… and we offer all sorts in return. We can offer careers across our collection of hotels or just a great place to work locally. For some senior roles, we may look for relevant experience, but for other jobs we just want the right character and attitude— we’ll teach you the rest!

To say thank you, we have many perks:

• Competitivepay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive arate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips ontop.
• Treatyourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks throughour Perkbox platform.
• Excellentdiscounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% offfood & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of£25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family getspecial rates too.
• Weunderstand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally runconfidential helpline for any support you require about anything you mightneed as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Wesustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• Everyonecan learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and arethe best in the business.
• Weprovide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have madehundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We liketo say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestoneawards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someonespecial. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra specialgifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique giftespecially chosen for you.