Duty Manager

**DUTY MANAGER - The Fox & Hounds, Barnston, CH61 1BW**

Full Time - Minimum 35 hours per week

Up to £12.50 per hour including Tips, plus company benefits

**The Fox & Hounds **is a popular food led pub situated in Barnston. It has a great reputation for offering a wide range of real ales, top-quality wines, and serving top quality dishes prepared using the finest of fresh locally sourced produce. We are now looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, hard-working **FULL TIME DUTY MANAGER** to help support our front of house team.

The Fox is part of the **Stange & Co **pub group**. **Stange & Co are an expanding family company that puts its teams first. We realise it’s our teams and their hard work that make our pubs as successful as they are, and we recognise and encourage enthusiasm and passion within our front of house teams. If you thrive off a busy working environment and are a team player who is looking for a challenging and progressive role, you’ll fit right in.

**What’s in it for you**:

- A competitive salary which will regularly be reviewed to reflect and recognise your progression, skills and experience
- Equal share of tips
- Free meals on duty
- Full company sick pay after 2 years’ service
- Enhanced company maternity pay
- Ongoing training, development and opportunities for career progression within the group
- Guaranteed Christmas day off every year to enjoy with your family and friends
- Flexible working hours to create the perfect work life balance
- Discounted food rates - up to 50% off at all company sites
- Discounted accommodation rates **-** up to 50% off at all company sites
- Access to confidential and expert health & well-being, financial and legal advice through our Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action
- Up to £1500 for referring a friend to join our team
- Long service rewards and annual recognition
- Christmas staff social event - celebrate the festive season with your work friends on us

**What we’re looking for**:
A positive, outgoing personality with bags of enthusiasm and a natural ability to look after people. We are a family company who are looking for passionate people who are happy to go above and beyond, muck in with the rest of the team and genuinely care that every guest has a great time each time they visit us.

Previous experience of working in a similar environment is essential as we know you’ll have the attitude and work ethos we’re looking for - a duty manager who shares our love of food, drink and most importantly people. Some experience of cellar work and a knowledge of ales would be an advantage.

**Who we are**:

- A family run company with 9 pubs across the Wirral, North & Mid Wales areas, who take great pride in each one of them, and the teams who make them tick.
- Stange & Co are accredited by **Investors in People.**:

- A company who genuinely believes in treating everyone with equal respect & dignity, also having a genuine concern for the happiness and well-being of every single member of our teams
- A company whose pubs really are the heart and soul of the local community
- A company whose aim is _**‘To Improve people’s lives by striving to run great pubs’**_

(Salary £10.60 per hour plus Tips)

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: Up to £12.50 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay

**Experience**:

- Hospitality: 2 years (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Fox DM