Food and Beverage Team Leader

**Job Title: Food and Beverage Team Leader**:

- **Hourly Rate: £14.20**:

- **Hours: 40 per week**:

- **Location: Denham Garden Village**

**About Us**:
Come and join our energetic and fun team at Denham Garden Village We're all about providing top-notch dining experiences and making sure every customer leaves with a smile. If you’re a natural leader who loves working in hospitality, we’d love to have you on board.

**The key responsibilities of the role are**:

- Ensuring that prompt and efficient service is carried out in the F&B areas.
- Ensuring that the restaurant is clean and well maintained, that table appointments including table arrangements are impeccable
- All areas are clean and stocked with the stipulated requirements
- Daily revenues and that cashiering procedures are followed
- Conducting pre-duty briefing in the absence of the Restaurant Manager or as assigned by the Restaurant Manager to be flexible and creative, working outside the box and across all areas of the house as per the business needs and in line with management directions

**HOST DUTIES**
- Warmly greet guests, ensuring a professional and personal welcome.
- Manage table reservations and seating arrangements to optimise the guest experience.
- Liaise with the front-of-house and kitchen teams to ensure smooth service operations.
- Uphold the restaurants high standards of hospitality, etiquette, and discretion.
- Assist with special events, private bookings.

**Experience & Skills**:

- Proven experience in a supervisory role desirable but not
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent knowledge of food, beverages, and service etiquette.
- Ability to create a welcoming and engaging atmosphere for guests.

**Key Attributes**:

- Passionate about hospitality with a hands-on approach.
- Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills.
- Highly organised with great attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, guest-focused environment.

**Anchor - a great place to work**

Anchor is England’s largest not-for-profit providers of care and housing for older people. Our heartfelt ambition is to transform housing and care so everyone can have a home where they love living in later life.

We’re not-for-profit which means every penny we make or save is invested in the people who live with us, the places they live and the people who work here. That means a better standard of care and customer service, better wages, more investment in training and development and improved facilities.

**A rewarding environment**

From health and happiness to finance and your career, we’ll give you all the support you need.

**Health & happiness**
- Gym, fitness and wellbeing discounts
- Mental health support
- Flexible working options
- Access to online GP appointments

**Finance**
- Pension plan - contribute between 4% and 8% and we’ll match it or better
- Quick and easy pension transfer service
- Savings and financial advice, loans, free life assurance
- Discounts on shopping, holidays, phones, technology and more

**Career**
- Ongoing personal and professional development programme
- Leadership Pathways online learning resources
- Career progression and promotion opportunities

**Celebrating diversity, celebrating you**

Anchor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aim to celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do, as we know that the more diverse our colleagues are, the better care and support we can give to our residents and each other.

We are proud to have an LGBT+ group for our residents, and also Disability, LGBT+ and race and ethnicity colleague networks. These work to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We also have an Inclusive Ambassador network to allow all colleagues to be part of promoting diversity and to be an ally to others.

We are a Gold Standard Inclusive Employer, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Menopause Friendly and a signatory to the Care Leaver Covenant, HouseProud Pledge and Age Friendly Employer Pledge schemes.