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Job Description

Post Title: Bar & Cellar Cleaner

Responsible to: Food & Beverage Manager

Contract: This role is offered on a casual worker basis; hours are not guaranteed and will be offered depending on operational needs.

Rate of pay: £12.71 per hour

Background

The Stables, based in Milton Keynes, is one of the UK’s leading music organisations with a vision to engage the widest range of people with music in all its diversity. As a registered charity we strive to enrich people’s lives with opportunities to access, participate in and experience live music, and the arts in general.

We usually deliver more than 400 concerts across all music genres and 250 learning and participation projects each year. The venue is used to welcoming over 100,000 visitors to the site annually. We also produce events in other places including IF: Milton Keynes International Festival, a large-scale event which engages people with extraordinary events in unusual spaces and in unexpected ways.

The Stables has three bars (The Main Bar, the Snack Bar and The Kitchen/Stage 2 Bar), serving a wide range of drinks and food/snacks. The Stables also provides the bar service at IF: Milton Keynes International Festival and associated events.

We are proud to have a 5-Star Food Hygiene Rating for our bars, kitchen and restaurant.

Find out more on our websites:

stables.org

www.ifmiltonkeynes.org

Job Purpose

As a Bar & Cellar Cleaner at The Stables you will work within the Hospitality Department, reporting directly to the Food & Beverage Manager. You will be responsible for the cleaning of all three of our bars (Snack Bar/ Main Bar/ Stage 2) and cellar to a high standard in line with Environmental Health and Health & Safety standards on a weekly basis. You will also carry out regular deep cleans of all bars and the cellar.

Principal Responsibilities

Please note that this Job Description is designed to give you an overall view of the job and is not a definitive list of tasks.

Maintaining Cleanliness & Hygiene Standards

• Play an active role in maintaining the cleanliness and order of all bars and cellar

• Clean vital equipment such as our coffee machines, glass washer and ice machine

Hoover, mop and dust all areas

• Remove all glasses to clean shelves and glass mats

• Dismantle and clean all spirit optics

• Launder tea towels, serving cloths and aprons

Defrost all freezers

• Deep clean all bars

• Adhere to Health & Safety regulations, proper chemical handling and infection protocols

• Use appropriate cleaning equipment and maintain inventory of cleaning products and supplies

Other

• Undertake any other duties as required appropriate to the level of responsibility of the role, as reasonably required

Flexible with working hours including evenings and weekends

Required Knowledge and Experience

Criteria	Essential	Desirable
Job Related	• Previous cleaning work experience	• Experience of cleaning commercialpremises including bars• An understanding of the importanceof cleaning to a high standard inline with the Environmental HealthAuthority and Health & Safety
Experience/Skills
PersonalQualities	• Polite, courteous and friendly• Excellent work ethic• Takes pride in maintaining high hygiene andcleanliness• Ability to manage your time and tasks• Punctual and reliable• Organised with good attention to detail• Team player with positive attitude• Flexible and able to undertake evening andweekend work• Ability to undertake strenuous physical tasksassociated with the role
Other	• Willing to undergo basic training in order toachieve the standards compliant withEnvironmental Health

Key Terms and Conditions

The current rate of pay for this post is £12.71 per hour.

This is a casual worker role and there is no obligation on the employer to offer work or on the worker to accept work. Hours are likely to be in the region of 8 hours per week.

Working hours will be set via a rota and would usually be at the start and end of the week (Monday or Tuesday/ Thursday or Friday) and generally between 9am and 1pm. These hours are typical but not guaranteed. Hours may vary, and additional hours may occasionally be available to support operational requirements.

Applicants who wish to discuss the role in advance of application can arrange to talk to Jo Cooper on 01908 280828 or emailing joana.cooper@stables.org

To Apply

Please submit a CV with covering letter that details your interest and suitability for the role with particular reference to how you meet the skills and experience required.

Completed applications should be returned to kelly.long@stables.org or by mail to Kelly Long, The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU by 12 noon on Monday 7 September 2026.

The Stables is committed to equality of opportunit in recruitment. We value a diverse team and welcome applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to protecting your personal data.

Our Data Privacy Polic for Applicants gives you detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it and how we keep it secure. Please see our Privacy Statement on our website (https://stables.org/dataprotection-policy-for-those-who-work-with-us) for further information.