Assistant General Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
YOUR ROLE AS AN ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER
We are looking for an experienced Assistant General Manager with outstanding hospitality and leadership skills to join us at Blacklock. Someone who is people focused, passionate about what we do and how we do it, and genuinely cares about the experience of guests and our team alike.
As Assistant General Manager you will support the General Manager and restaurant team in ensuring your restaurant is thriving culturally, operationally, and financially, in safe and engaging environments.
WHY BLACKLOCK?
All our restaurants have been voted in the Top 100 restaurants in the UK but, most importantly, are happy places to work. We focus on building meaningful careers for our teams whilst serving the very best of British produce alongside genuine hospitality from people who care. All with the aim to ensure everybody leaves happy, including YOU!
OUR OFFER TO YOU
At Blacklock, our team’s welfare and happiness always comes first. We value the importance of work-life balance and here are some of the benefits and welfare that we offer to our team members:
- Blacklock Experience-for-two at one of our restaurants to celebrate passing your probation
- 1,3,5 year anniversary gifts including a weekend away and fully paid sabbatical to celebrate your bigger mile stones with us!
- 50% off food in all our restaurants (up to 4 people)
- 30 days' holiday (28 statutory plus an extra day on your birthday and company holiday for Blackstock)
- Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave
- Charity day – we’ll pay you while you help others (optional volunteering day each year)
- 1 hour paid break when you’re on a double shift
- Christmas and New Year’s Day off (we are closed 24th-26th Dec and 1st Jan)
- Family meal and soft drinks when at work
- Cycle and Tech Schemes, 'Extras' Discounts
- Cost price chops and wine
- 2 days paid Paw-ternity to look after your first puppy
- Free mortgage advice
- Face-to-face counselling support, legal advice and hardship grants through our Employee Assistance Programme
- We’ll invest in your training and development and help you set a clear career path for a promotion
- Last but not least, we have awesome team parties including Blackstock, our annual company festival!
We aspire to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be true to themselves, feel genuinely cared for, and have equal opportunities for growth and progression. We are committed to building a diverse team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives which in turn elevates our philosophy even further; ‘Everyone Leaves Happy Including You’.
INDMANAGE
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Restaurants & Cafes
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Assistant General Manager roles across Blacklock's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Restaurants & Cafes.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £46,600 - £46,600 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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