Bar Manager
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Position Overview & Specifications
We are looking for a Bar Manager to come on board and support the current team
Since opening our doors in 2008, the Drake & Morgan collection now has beautiful bars and restaurants in London and Manchester.
We wanted to create a unique space where locals and visitors alike could enjoy thoughtful, inspired menus and innovative, crafted cocktails in the most welcoming environment. An escape from the everyday.
As a Bar Manager you will be the best in class in your sector and will have a thirst for knowledge coupled with a desire to give your guests the very best service, standards and product.
You will be used to managing at volume and have experience within multi room, multi occasion businesses.
A flavour of the Bar Manager Role…
- Deliver exceptional guests experiences through amazing drinks, charming service and beautiful environments.
- Be part of a manager team working together to ensure that all areas of the business operate during trading hours to our standards.
- Improving the guest experience constantly by coming up with ideas, executing them and analysing.
- Help in the creation of new and exciting drinks for specials and seasonal menu’s across the group.
- Manage the stocks from ordering, invoicing and performance reporting, and thus using the reporting to make improvements through service and drive GP’s
- Manage the Bartending department as a whole with your own supervisors to help.
- Efficient Rota skills to ensure that all shifts have the correct level of staff to deliver the service required.
- Ensuring that high levels of hygiene are constantly adhered to on a daily basis to conform with EHO and company requirements.
- Deliver training to the staff on all matters regarding the Drinks and bar products being offered.
- Work closely with the GM in helping control costs and grow the EBITDA for the venue.
- Coach and develop junior managers in the venue to help get them to department head level.
- Dealing with feedback and complaints, resolving the matter and creating actions to ensure the situation doesn’t arise again.
- Assist in recruiting amazing people to join the team to not only help service but enrich the environment and guest experience.
What’s in it for you?
We offer competitive , great service charge, cash tips and huge opportunities to progress into bigger roles in the future.
- Career progression
- Meals on duty
- Full training
- Company trips & incentives
- Service charge and bonuses
- Staff Parties & Events
- Great team culture
- Your Birthday off & paid
- Access to Hospitality Actions Employee Assistance Programme
Please note you must be able to prove you are eligible to work in the UK and have excellent written and spoken English 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: Pubs, Bars & Nightclubs
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Bar Manager roles across Drake and Morgan'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 Pubs, Bars & Nightclubs.
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 £36,663 - £54,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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