Food and Beverage Manager

Food and Beverage Manager / F&B Outlet / Maternity Cover An exciting opportunity for an organised hospitality professional to lead daily operations, enhance customer experience, and support commercial growth across several food and drink outlets within a vibrant organisation. If you’ve also worked in the following roles: Food and Beverage Supervisor Hospitality Manager Catering Manager Duty Manager Café Manager SALARY: £33,169 to £38,548 per annum (depending on experience) LOCATION: Ealing, West London (W5) JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Fixed Term 12 Month Maternity Contract WORKING HOURS: 35 Hours per Week, usually between 07:30 and 18:00, Monday to Friday on a rota basis, with occasional work outside these times JOB OVERVIEW We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Food and Beverage Manager where you will oversee high-quality food and drink services across busy, multi-site outlets. This role combines operational leadership with hands‑on service delivery. As a Food and Beverage Manager you will lead staff and support delivery across multiple outlets, supplying events, maintaining excellent standards, and contributing to operational and commercial improvements. The Food and Beverage Manager will also help shape service development, ensuring safe, efficient and customer-focused operations while working closely with a diverse staff team. DUTIES Multi‑Site Operations: Overseeing outlets and catering across two campuses, ensuring consistent, high‑quality service Team Leadership: Managing up to two full‑time staff and a team of student staff, supporting their development Duty Management: Acting as duty manager and being present during opening hours, including some events outside normal office times Customer Service Excellence: Maintaining friendly, efficient service and monitoring feedback to support continuous improvement Stock and Supplier Management: Ordering supplies, managing stock levels in line with seasonal trading and maintaining accurate systems Financial Oversight: Supporting trading reports, reconciliation of payments and cost control to maximise profitability Commercial Development: Contributing ideas for product ranges, service improvements and new outlet concepts Event Support: Assisting with catering for meetings, conferences and activities across the University Health and Safety Compliance: Ensuring high standards of food safety, hygiene and licensing adherence, updating procedures where required Stakeholder Collaboration: Working with colleagues, suppliers and partners to support effective, customer-focused operations CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS Proven experience of managing staff and operations in a food and beverage or hospitality environment Experience with compliance requirements, including food hygiene and health and safety Ability to lead, motivate and support a diverse team Strong organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure in a fast‑paced environment Experience of working with stock control, suppliers and financial processes Excellent communication and customer service skills Ability to contribute to commercial development and service improvements Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and working collaboratively with others to enhance the student experience An understanding that the Students’ Union exists to support and empower its members CLOSING DATE: 4 January 2026 INTERVIEW DATE: Early January 2026 PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy may close early if suitable candidates are identified. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose. JOB REF: AWDO-C14184 #J-18808-Ljbffr