Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Managing all business aspects of the bar, including negotiating supplier contracts, managing budgets, setting goals/targets, running the bar in accordance with best practice, developing procedures/incentives to maximise gross-profit-margin
- Ensuring understanding of and compliance with all licence conditions
- Maintaining a pool of casual bar staff, recruiting, inducting and training new starters and supervising staff during shifts
- Creating effective schedules and rotas, resolving any issues to ensure that bar is well-staffed during peak hours
- Ensuring safety of bar staff and patrons through good housekeeping and setting and enforcing quality and safety controls Working with diverse personalities both on the staff and customers and maintaining a fun, safe atmosphere
- Reporting at the end of every shift – we are a cashless venue
- Cellar and stock management including overseeing receipt of deliveries, stock-takes and reordering supplies in accordance with event-trends/predicted consumption
- Ensuring the Trinity Bar areas are safe, clean, tidy and presentable to the public at all times, including carrying out regular line cleans
- Attending weekly Events meetings (Currently 11am- 1pm, Tuesdays) with Programme, Bar and other Centre staff as required in order to ensure effective management of the bar services
- Understand and uphold all Trinity’s policies, in particular Health & Safety, Safeguarding (Challenge 25), Equal Opportunities and Code of Conduct
- Undertaking any other work as agreed with the Programme Manager and/or Venue Manager as may appropriate for the position
Required skills
Essential:
- Bar experience, in particular in a supervisory/management capacity in a busy bar environment
- Excellent interpersonal and customer-care skills and a commitment to providing excellent service.
- Understanding of issues around Health and Safety in a public space, licensing and implementing procedures.
- Numeracy skills, including experience of cash handling and using electronic till systems.
- Experience of working with the public, including problem solving.
- Demonstrable ability of working as part of a team.
- Ability to use initiative and work with minimum supervision.
- Understanding and awareness of Safeguarding and its implementation.
- A flexible approach to work, including the ability to work unsociable hours.
- Good communication skills.
- Commitment to the values and objectives of Trinity Community Arts.
Desirable:
- Personal License holder
- Experience of working within a diverse community environment
- Event management experience
- First Aid qualification
- Fire Marshal training
- Health & Safety training
- Full UK Driver licence
- Experience Using Microsoft Softwares
Additional duties
It is in the nature of the work required that the tasks and responsibilities of the role will in many circumstances be unpredictable and varied. The position will therefore also be expected to undertake any other duties and/or responsibilities in connection with the organisation’s direction of travel and operational activity, as directed, and which will not be covered in the job description. These additional duties will normally be compatible with regular tasks and duties. If the additional responsibility or task becomes a regular or frequent part of the job, it will be included in the Job Description.
DBS Check
A basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is required for this post, in line with our Safeguarding Policy.