Hospitality Apprentice

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join Apex Hotels in Dundee on our Hospitality Apprentice Programme.

We are looking to nurture and develop the next generation of leaders within Apex Hotels. The Apprenticeship in Hospitality Scotland is an award-winning programme that was developed to offer an alternative to university. AHS is designed to support you in the start of a lifelong career in hospitality, an extremely rewarding industry.

This great opportunity offers you the chance to complete the Hospitality Services apprenticeship over two years, gaining the SCQF Level 5 qualification, all whilst working full time with Apex Hotels, developing your operational and supervisory skills. You’ll rotate between the key operational departments: housekeeping, kitchen, front office, and restaurant & bar, spending 6 months in each department. You’ll then select the department you wish to develop your career in following your completion of the two-year apprenticeship. There is also the opportunity to progress into the supervisory programme in your 3^rd year.

A series of masterclasses will be delivered throughout the programme offering you the opportunity to devlop your skills whilst getting together with other AHS apprentices to discuss your experience and share your learning. Each year we offer learning journey experiences, which are designed to showcase what a career in hospitality has to offer and what paths and opportunities can be available to you. These experiences change each year and often involve travel within the UK or abroad. It is these masterclasses and learning journey experiences that make this AHS apprenticeship so unique.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our warm and welcoming team, where you will have fun, meet many new people, make friends, and enjoy your work. Hospitality is such a thriving industry that could take your career in endless directions!

We’d love for you to join our Apex family and work over the summer months so you can get to know us, then begin your apprenticeship in September.

 Specific Tasks

• Participating in ongoing training & development in each of the 4 departments to support your personal and professional skills progression.
• Within the food and beverage department you will serve guests, take food and drinks orders, and manage guest queries with excellent customer service. You will gain knowledge of our menus and food and alcohol standards whilst working across bar, restaurant, conference, and room service facilities.
• Within the kitchen you will assist the Chef de Partie in the running of the section and with the preparation and service of food. Ensuring health and hygiene regulations are followed whilst learning the required standards of food service
• Within front office you will greet our guest upon arrival and learn the guest check in/out procedure. You will offer local advice and information regarding the local area as well as offering an excellent overall knowledge of all hotel facilities. Create amazing first impressions and customer service.
• Within housekeeping you will ensure that all guest rooms look well-presented by performing various cleaning duties including cleaning guest bedrooms and bathrooms, changing linen, vacuuming, polishing, and dusting, engaging with guests and taking pride in your work
• Anticipate guests’ needs whenever possible in every department to exceed expectations.
• Demonstrate behaviours reflective of Apex Family Values of Passion, Trust, Friendliness and Teamwork.

 Reporting Structure

• You will report to the relevant Head of Department during each rotation
• You will receive support from a Workplace Mentor

Personal Characteristics and Competencies:

• You will have a passion for the hospitality industry with a desire to progress your career
• You will have good communication and IT skills relevant to the role and be ambitious to develop these skills.
• You will bring your personality to work to ensure exceptional guest service
• You will have excellent customer care skills to deal with guest concerns in a calm and positive manner
• You will demonstrate commitment to the apprenticeship along with full time work
• You must be aged 17-24 to be eligible for this programme 

Why join Apex Hotels?

You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as an AHS Apprentice. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. We encourage you to bring your own unique personality to the role and being yourself whilst working as part of the  team, as we believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels 

You will meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: 

• 29 days holiday 
• Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date
• Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP
• Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
• Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working
• Training and development from day one
• Employee events and celebrations
• £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team

And once you smash your probation, you’ll also receive …… 

• Contributions to a pension scheme
• Critical Illness & Death in Service cover
• Access to our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes
• Long service recognition
• 50% discount in our restaurants
• Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
• Spa discount

We encourage you to bring your true self to work - we recruit for attitude and train for skill. We’ll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fun and fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. So, whatever your vibe, our family can never be too big, there’s a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We’re an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey. 

If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you!