General Manager

Full-time

Job Description 

The Red Church in Redfield is looking for an experienced General Manager at this lively independent restaurant/bar. This is a great opportunity to lead a team at a busy and successful venue. Since opening a year and a half ago The Red Church has garnered a great reputation and is a hugely popular venue with drinkers, families and those looking for a lively place to enjoy their evening. The venue is primarily a pizza restaurant serving very high quality food alongside an extensive drinks menu. We also run an Uber Eats takeaway service Monday – Saturday serving our evening pizza menu .In addition to this offer we also serve a fantastic and hugely popular Sunday Lunch each week. 

We are looking for someone who will fit well in this environment and who is eager to continue to build and grow the business. The successful candidate will have good experience in all aspects of restaurant hospitality, from front of house to office and cellar management. They will also be able to effectively manage the relationship between the kitchen and front of house. At The Red Church we pride ourselves on providing a happy working environment for all members of staff, so the job includes a bonus structure and pension benefits, plus food and drink discounts at both The Red Church and our other venues, The Spotted Cow and The Christmas Steps.

Key job attributes

• Responsibility for leading and managing the restaurant 
• Ensuring a fantastic customer experience
• Ensuring an effective, communicative relationship between front of house and kitchen staff
• Highly confident running a food service and working in a fast paced environment 
• Recruiting, training and motivating front of house staff
• Maintaining and overseeing all stock 
• Hitting GP targets
• Enforcing health and safety rules
• Providing clear communication with staff to ensure standards are kept high
• Ensuring excellent customer communication is maintained both in and out of the venue
• Managing our booking system to maximise covers
• Running and maintaining our Uber Eats service
• Reporting and feeding back to management to ensure swift and reactive decision making ehere necessary
• Full understanding of our Res Diary booking and maximising its potential is preferred. 
• Developing and implementing an effective order of service for the FOH team inline with the venue and management’s needs. 

Salary: 

From £30,000.00 per year depending on experience 

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount

Supplementary Pay:

• Performance bonus
• Tips

If you would like to apply for this role, please send your CV to info@theredchurch.net