Assistant Food & Beverage Manager (111074-1125) in Coventry

Assistant F&B Manager

Location: Warwick Food Group

Salary & Pay Range

University of Warwick provided pay range: Base pay range

Working Hours

5 days over 7, usually Monday – Friday with occasional weekend working required. Shifts typically between 7am and 7pm but occasionally late nights are required.

Perks

A dynamic leadership role where you’ll help shape success, inspire your team, and deliver exceptional guest experiences every day.

What You’ll Be Doing

Leading by Example: Supporting your manager to deliver exceptional service across all outlets—ensuring guests enjoy high‑quality food, drink, and hospitality every time.

Inspiring Your Team: Coaching, developing and motivating a talented team of F&B leaders and team members, helping them achieve their best while maintaining a positive and supportive workplace.

Driving Success: Maximising income and profitability through smart resource management, effective rota planning and consistent delivery of commercial targets.

Maintaining Excellence: Upholding the highest standards of cleanliness, safety and presentation, ensuring compliance with food safety, health and safety and licensing regulations.

Making an Impact: Deputising for the F&B Manager when required—taking charge of shifts, managing operations and making decisions that keep service running smoothly.

Innovating for Growth: Identifying opportunities to improve performance, enhance the customer experience and contribute to Warwick Food Group’s vision and strategy.

About You

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and driven Assistant F&B Manager to help oversee our Food & Beverage operations and make every moment memorable for our guests.

What We’re Looking For

• Significant experience in a food and beverage environment with supervisory or leadership responsibility.
• A passion for service excellence and developing people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a positive, can‑do attitude.
• Good numeracy, IT and organisational skills, with an eye for detail and efficiency.
• Knowledge of food safety, allergens and health & safety legislation.
• Flexibility to work varied shifts, including weekends and evenings.

Benefits

• An attractive pension scheme.
• 26 days holiday plus University Christmas closure.
• Generous parental/adoption leave policy.
• Onsite childcare facilities.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.
• Access to flexible working arrangements.

How to Apply

To apply, click \”Apply\” below and submit an application form by the closing deadline. You will be asked to include a CV and a cover letter.

Your CV Should Include

• Your education and employment history (including your most recent employment).
• Any other relevant experience (e.g. volunteering, extracurricular, etc.).

Your Cover Letter Should Explain

• Your motivations for applying to the role.
• Using examples, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the job description.

All essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.

Closing Deadline

Monday 22nd December 2025 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

Right to Work

The role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work through other immigration routes before you make your application.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Higher Education

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Warwick is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and respectful community where everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, cultures and communities, and actively encourage candidates from under‑represented groups to apply.

Safeguarding & DBS

• Roles involving regulated activity are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at the appropriate level, in line with the DBS Code of Practice.
• The University will ensure that anyone subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group (children and/or adults).
• All employees, volunteers and partners are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding.

Rehabilitation of Ex‑Offenders

The University will not discriminate against applicants who make a disclosure relating to a conviction.

Disclosures at application stage are only visible to the DBS team, not to hiring panels. This ensures fairness and removes bias from the shortlisting process.