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JOB PURPOSE

This is an exciting leadership role within the team that manages the popular visitor centres at Glencoe National Nature Reserve and Glenfinnan Monument. We welcome over half a million visitors from across the globe to these well-loved places and aim to give them all an enjoyable experience. Excellent food, drink and customer service are vital to this. And as Scotland’s largest conservation membership charity, every penny we make through our food and beverage offer supports our work protecting the nation’s natural and cultural heritage.

You will manage and develop the Highland Coo Café at Glencoe, with some of the finest mountain views around, plus the Viaduct View and the Monument View grab and go outlets within our facilities at Glenfinnan. You will also support a growing weddings and functions offer at each site. You will lead the catering team with menu design, food production, ordering, compliance and commercial performance, delivering a friendly, efficient service environment in line with the National Trust for Scotland’s policies, priorities, standards and targets. You will help make our places sustainable in every way.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Catering operation
• Lead menu development, preparation, cooking and presentation of a distinctive, high-quality, locally-sourced food and drink offering at three busy café outlets, plus complementary events and functions.
• Create a strong health & safety culture, ensuring compliance with food hygiene and environmental health standards, monitoring and record-keeping.
• Accountable for cost-effective stock sourcing, ordering, management and wastage control.
• Understand and adhere to the sale of alcohol legislation as a Premises Manager.

Application Deadline: Friday 18/02/2022