Bar Staff
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Position Overview & Specifications
Bar / Front of House
Hub Box, Cardiff
Location: England - CF10 5BZ
Salary: £8.50 - £10.50 per hour
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time/Part Time
It’s our ambition to make Hub Box a favourite for our customers & awesome for our people, while always doing good for our planet. We do this by sourcing, creating & serving insanely delicious food & drink in our incredible, unique & welcoming spaces that help people kick back, relax, & connect.
It’s our team of legends that makes it happen. Our people are legit people, people who smile & laugh with ease, embrace the hard fun & spread the love with great drinks, food & service - front & centre with all the right sass & smidge of occasional crazy are our high-energy, charismatic & warm-hearted front-of-house team.
If you’d like to join this gang of incredibles you’ll ideally have experience in a bustling restaurant, bar &/or café & have a natural flair for first-class service, & a huge passion for hospitality & people.
Here’s what makes Hub Box special:
- An inclusive & supportive culture & team
- Great leadership to help you thrive
- The opportunity to contribute to the direction & future success of our ever evolving & ambitious restaurant business
- Transparent & competitive pay that we review regularly to make sure you get what you deserve
- You can grow with us; you’ll be in the driving seat of your career (whatever that looks like) & we are working hard to ensure you have access to the tools & resources to support you on your way
- 28 days annual leave for all employees (pro rata if part-time) inclusive of Bank holiday (& don’t forget in 2023 there is an extra one bank holiday)
- Meals when on duty
- 50% off for you & 3 friends &/or family when they dine with you at any of our restaurants
- Enhanced maternity, paternity & adoption
Once you’ve applied, we will:
1. Review your application; we will take a really good look at your application to get an initial feel of who you are, what makes you, you & your experience & expertise.
2. If we get a feeling that you might be great for the role, we will arrange to have an initial chat with you to find out more. If we don’t feel that you are right for the role right now, we will (if you want it) give you feedback.
3. If your initial chat goes well, we will invite you in for an interview. You should know that as much as this is for us to get to know you better, it is for you to get to know us too.
4. All being well at the interview we will invite you in asap for a taster shift.
5. Upon completion of your taster shift, we always love to hear what you think, we will provide you with feedback & depending on how that goes we will hopefully be able to offer you the job, welcome you to the Hub Box team & get you started with us. P.S We will also feed you at the end of your taster shift regardless of whether or not you join us or not.
We believe everyone at Hub Box should be themselves and we are determined to have a diverse team & an inclusive culture. It’s good for you, it’s good for us & it’s amazing for our guests. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on your diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs & backgrounds to be the best we can possibly be.
It’s important for you to know that the right to work in the UK is required, we do not offer sponsorship.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £9.00-£10.50 per hour
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
Supplemental pay types:
- Tips
Work Location: In person
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 Bar Staff roles across Hub Box'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 £9 - £11 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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