Food And Beverage Manager - Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre - Merthyr Tydfil

Food and Beverage Manager - Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre - Merthyr Tydfil

Job Type: Full Time - Permanent

We are on the lookout for a Food and Beverage Manager  inspired by a fast-paced performance driven culture. This role will be instrumental in  leading and driving our Hospitality services within our new  Merthyr Tydfil Partnership, with three Food and Beverage outlets under your care, at Merthyr and Aberfan Leisure Centre and Cyfarthfa Park Canolfan.

Working in leisure is anything but leisurely especially at Halo -  an award winning social enterprise, registered charity and leading leisure trust operating 25 facilities across Herefordshire, Bridgend County, Merthyr Tydfil, Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Wiltshire.

Salary circa £28770.00 per annum, hybrid working - mixture of home and onsite working within the partnership. 

We are looking for someone with a passion for the highest hospitality standards, leading and managing the Food and Beverage teams in delivering the experience our customers will expect. 

As part of the Senior team within the partnership, you will bring proven hospitality experience, innovation and fresh perspective. Ambitious and highly motivated, you will thrive working in a dynamic and diverse environment and have a personal commitment in supporting Halo Leisure and our partners in Merthyr Tydfil to achieve the mission of ‘Creating Healthier Communities.’

With us you’ll have the chance to grow the commercial success of our Food and Beverage business and you will be committed to maintain all financial and operational targets with an emphasis on forward planning. 

You will proactively drive positive employee relations, sustainability and health and safety throughout the hospitality offer. 

If you can:

• Show a proven track record of successful establishment, leadership and direction of a Food and Beverage service and the team. 
• Possess a strong drive for growth and commercial success of a Food and Beverage service across a range of performance indicators.
• Work well under pressure, whilst maintaining a positive can do attitude.
• Inspire, develop and retain a team through presence, influence and effective communication.
• Committed to a collaborative approach.
• All new applicants are required to complete a 10 hour online Welsh Work Course. You will need to complete parts 1 and 2 of the course and must be able to evidence this prior to starting work with the Authority.

We can offer....

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Competitive salary and incremental pay increases
• LGPS Pension Scheme
• Trade union recognition and membership
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff development
• Family friendly policies
• Occupational Health
• Learning and development opportunities

If you think you can wear our Halo, we’d love to hear from you.

You will be required to provide evidence of all qualifications specified as essential.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council encourages applications from Welsh speakers. Application forms may be submitted in Welsh and any applications completed in Welsh will not be treated any less favourably than those submitted in English.

If you are successfully shortlisted for interview please contact us to let us know if you would like your interview to be conducted through the medium of Welsh.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community.  Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.

All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies.  Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.  Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

We value diversity in our workforce and consider ourselves to be an Employer of Choice, committed to promoting and integrating equality of opportunity into all aspects of our work. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage applicants from all groups and backgrounds to apply and join us at Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. We are strongly committed to eradicating discrimination in the workplace and ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, religion or belief, gender identity and expression, and pregnancy and maternity.