DUTY MANAGER (KING'S BUILDINGS)

Edinburgh University Students' Association  is looking to recruit a Duty Manager to join our Trading Operations team at King’s Buildings.

Edinburgh University Students’ Association is an award-winning organisation, which exists to provide diverse services, representation, and welfare support to the community of over 49,500 students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing opportunities, helping to create change and offering support, we're here to help students get the most out of their time in Edinburgh. We have five venues around the University of Edinburgh campus – Teviot, King’s Buildings House, Potterrow, the Pleasance and Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar – which house our offices, cafés, bars, clubs, spaces for students to meet, study and socialise. These spaces transform into some of the most well loved Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues throughout the month of August each year.

We are a registered charity and all of the income we generate from our commercial activity goes back in to supporting our members. We’re also an organisation with a strategic commitment to support and empower all our staff, and have some exciting plans for the future. Plus, over 90% of our staff would recommend the Students' Association as a place to work. There's never been a better time to apply and join our organisation.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. Edinburgh University Students’ Association is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

The Duty Manager's role is to assist the Venue Manager in the day to day running of all aspects of Kings Buildings House and The Magnet Cafe in JCMB. This is a hands-on role working across all outlets in KB House and The Magnet Cafe. The Duty Manager is required to work both on shift with the team and also administration tasks such as preparing rotas, monitoring and carrying out staff training, stock ordering and any Health and Safety tasks. The Kings Buildings outlets operate daytimes Monday - Friday.

Salary: £15.60 per hour, plus a generous benefits package:

• Holiday paid at 15.55% in January, April, July and September
• Flexible hours and a fun, diverse and exciting work environment
• Company pension with NEST
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Discounts on food and drink across our venues

Hours: 15-18 hours per week (no guaranteed hours)

Pattern: 2 shifts per week: 7.30am - 6pm Monday to Friday (Term Time position with occasional evening and weekend requirement)

Contract: Zero Hours

The Role:

To support the management and smooth/safe operation of the Students’ Association’s venues including all F&B outlets. The Duty Manager will ensure effective supervision of outlets and will drive high standards of customer service and food/beverage quality at all times. Ensuring that venues are managed and maintained in a safe a responsible manner at all times.

The post holder will support the Venue Operations Manager in delivering excellent commercial performance, working towards ambitious targets around turnover and profitability.

The post holder will be required to work their shifts as broken up as required by the business needs including evenings and weekends.

The Person:

An enthusiastic, positive and competent manager with experience of working in bars and/or catering outlets to a high standard with excellent levels of service. A person with high expectations of themselves and others.

Application Details:

To apply via our online portal, click 'APPLY NOW' below.

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Recruitment for this position will be rolling until a successful candidate is selected. There is no set closing date.

Further information will be sent to shortlisted candidates. We strive to let all candidates know the outcome of their application within 3 weeks of the closing date.

Please note that in line with current UK law, all job offers will be subject to the right to live and work in the UK and we require all of our staff to be over 18 (due to licensing restrictions).

If you have any queries, please contact People & Development at jobs@eusa.ed.ac.uk.