Jobs

JOB PURPOSE

You will be responsible for the operational delivery of the visitor experience in the Food & Beverage department at Castle Fraser.

Delivering performance standards and targets to ensure enjoyment of the property by visitors and members is maximised and key commercial, financial and development objectives are achieved to make the property fully sustainable.

You will be part of a broader management team responsible for delivering an overall visitor service strategy, promoting good communication across the site and a joined-up service provision. You will report to the Food and Beverage Visitor Services Manager for Aberdeenshire North

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Visitor experience

Offer excellent customer service and ensure all members of the hospitality team do the same.

Delivering high standards and a consistently warm welcome within the hospitality department

Act as one of our duty manager team, responsible for ensuring a safe and smooth visitor operation, opening/closing and security of buildings, addressing issues and emergency procedure and providing relief cover, as required.

Food & Beverage operation

Lead with menu development ensuring presentation of a high-quality food and drink offer.

Ensure compliance with health and safety, food hygiene, food allergen, licensing, and environmental health standards, completing all related record-keeping.

Accountable for cost-effective stock management, ordering, storage and wastage control.

Create & run events in the tearoom throughout the year to support the overall business goals.

People management

Supervise the activities of a team of permanent and seasonal Visitor Service Assistants (VSAs), achieving excellent staff performance and motivation through effective induction, training, task-setting and coaching on front and back-of-house routines.

Prepare rotas and holiday allocation to meet business needs.

Work closely with specialist advisory colleagues, i.e. Our Trust-wide Food & Beverage Development team

Instill a Health & safety and Environmental health culture throughout the hospitality operation

Finance Management

Share responsibility for achieving the Food & Beverage budget together with the F& B Manager

Share responsibility for achieving the overall commercial budget with the site Visitor Services Manager

Monitor commercial performance and adjust activities to capitalize on sales opportunities and run a cost-effective Food & Beverage operation.

Supervise daily till operations and perform end-of-day income reconciliation

Assist the F&B Manager with menu costing and stock-taking.

You may have delegated tasks within other departments and you will understand and help deliver the overall property business plan

This role is one for which the duties, responsibilities or accountabilities of the role require you to undertake a criminal records check, specifically a Standard Disclosure.

Performance indicators and targets

Weekly, monthly and annual sales and cost of sales targets

Food compliance standards and record-keeping

Visitor enjoyment reviews and ratings from visitor surveys and visitor feedback

Tools / equipment / systems

Access to laptop and relevant online people management, training, financial monitoring and stock ordering systems, including NTS intranet and Microsoft 365.

EPOS tills and chip and pin machines.

Fully equipped commercial Food & Beverage kitchens.

Application Deadline: Sunday 27/10/2024