Bar Staff/Waiter

Bar Staff (18+)

We are looking for a part-time Bar Staff Member to join our amazing team, preparing a wide range of drinks and serving tables with great friendliness and enthusiasm.

We serve the freshest and juiciest comfort food here at Next Level with gourmet tower burgers, hand crafted pizzas, baskets of dirty fries and lots of tasty starters alongside a wide variety of drinks and cocktails. We want our customers to not only come down and enjoy the amazing free games and arcades, but to enjoy a delicious meal with their family and friends at a fantastic price. We want to ensure all of our customers have an unforgettable experience from the moment they arrive until the moment they leave, so confidence and great customer service with a smile is paramount.

Bar staff members responsibilities include maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the restaurant and beer garden, learning cocktail recipes and the food menu, making and serving drinks, and keeping well presented. You should be able to complete delegated tasks from management and ensure all drinks and food are served to the highest standards.

If you have previous cocktail training and/or serving experience, we’d like to meet you!

Ultimately, you’ll help prepare and deliver our complete menu that knocks the socks off of our customers and gives them that "Next Level" experience. Pardon the pun.

Responsibilities:

· Greeting and seating customers

· Taking orders and serving drinks

· Taking out food and clearing tables

· Completing tasks delegated by managers

· Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of beers, beverages and cocktails

· Keeping the bar and customer areas clean & tidy

· Cash handling

· Following safe opening/closure procedure to ensure the business is opened/closed down accordingly following company policy and EHO guidelines

· Be able to be flexible with hours on weekday nights and weekends

· Helping to organise and set up events

· Using one’s own initiative to get on with tasks

· Must be able to attempt hard-mode on guitar hero or rainbow road on Mario kart

Work hours are negotiable but shift patterns are generally as follows:

· 10:00-18:00 (opening bar, morning prep and lunch time shift)

· 12:00-21:00 (lunch and dinner)

· 16:00-23:00 (evening dinner rush and close down)

· Candidates will be expected to work both week days and weekends with rotas produced at least a week in hand.

· A mixture of all shift patterns will be expected to be fulfilled.

What are we looking for?

We’re looking for a bar staff member who loves working in a lively and fun hospitality environment, a great team player and has a positive outlook and attitude. Leadership skills are a fantastic trait, paired with being self-motivated and excited about the future prospects of the business. A successful candidate will love the thrill of the lunch time and evening rushes of food & drink and will not crack under pressure, will be well-presented and ready to go that extra mile. It is imperative that the candidate will fit well into the current front of house team and may even join in with the banter.

What will we offer you?

When on shift (8H), we’ll fill yer tummy with some food.
Free Parking
Free soft drinks
FREE COFFEE!
Negotiable hours, with the possibility of a full-time position

Qualifications / Skills:

· Experience preferred but not required (1-2 years)

· Understanding of food and drinks menus

· Understanding of health and sanitation laws

· Excellent interaction and communication with customers

· Being an avid gamer will get you brownie points

· Just being an all-round friendly, confident individual who works hard!

Ready to hit play?

Send us a cover letter to support your application and click the “apply with Indeed” button.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract
Part-time hours: 20-25 per week

Salary: £9.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Loyalty bonus
• Tips
• Yearly bonus

Experience:

• Hospitality: 1 year (required)
• Serving: 1 year (preferred)
• Bartending: 1 year (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 24/02/2023