General Manager

About the role From cosy locals to pub-restaurants, our destination businesses serve up an award‑winning selection of pub classics and innovative new dishes. What's more, our impressive drinks portfolio combines well‑known brands, like Estrella and Hobgoblin, with outstanding craft ales and beers. Add a dash of our unique Marston's atmosphere and we have the ingredients to make every visit a fantastic experience for our customers. The same goes for our people and as one of our General Managers you'll find a premium blend of challenge, security and career progression. Whenever you need support or guidance advice from your area manager, their door is always open. Come as you are. Personality counts for more than anything else here. We'll accept you and celebrate you for being you. We can't wait to see what we can make happen together. Marston's could be the making of you. What we offer Salary up to £44,000 plus bonus and a generous benefits package. Additional earnings potential through bonus and incentive schemes Marston's Cheers Platform, giving you access to discounts at major retailers Access to a pension plan On‑site accommodation Private healthcare Award‑winning training and development About the pub The Ye Olde Saracen's Head is a beautiful, listed pub featuring a large restaurant area with a small cosy bar area, two real log fires and a traditional pizza oven in the restaurant area. Located in the heart of Balsall Common, the pub has a good locals/regular trade and also benefits from being a destination, food‑led business with a strong local reputation. There is a full senior team in place so the pub is set up ready for an experienced, food‑driven General Manager to hit the ground running. Currently the pub is delivering weekly sales of around £29,000 split 70/30 (food‑led). There is scope to grow sales further by cultivating links with the local community and introducing new ways of bringing them in. There are 2 bedroom accommodation included with the pub. Responsibilities Care about finding, growing and engaging your team. Be accountable for running all aspects of your pub. Be passionate about doing the right thing for your staff and your customers. Dream big and think differently about new ways to increase sales and growth. Celebrate and create a buzz by sharing enjoyable experiences. Benefits Wellbeing: we offer professional wellbeing support to our pub and pub support centre teams including support from the Licenced Trade Charity. Accommodation: the majority of our pub General Manager roles include optional on‑site accommodation. Award‑winning: named as one of the UK's Top 100 employers and #1 in the pub sector for 2025, in the Financial Times UK's Best Employers list. Bonus: our pub management, operations and sales roles offer performance‑related bonus schemes. Competitive salaries: opportunity to earn a great wage whilst having fun at work. Long service: we reward loyalty with awards for key anniversary milestones. Food and drink: our privilege card gives our people 30% discount off food and drink in our pubs, as well as access to a £4.50 refuel at work meal deal whilst on shift. Pension scheme: all our salaried roles offer membership to a company contributory pension scheme, hourly paid roles offer auto enrolment schemes. Private healthcare: some of our roles offer access to a private healthcare scheme. High street discount: an exciting range of high street, online discounts and cash back offers are available for all. Employee discount: all of our employees receive a 30% discount on Marston's food and hotel stays. Training and development: we're passionate about growing our own talent through an extensive apprenticeship offer, dedicated L&D teams, and award‑winning e‑learning platforms. #J-18808-Ljbffr