Assistant Hospitality Manager

Based near Tetbury on the beautiful Highgrove EstateAre you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? Come and join our highly professional team on the beautiful Highgrove Estate

and help uphold Highgrove Gardens reputation for excellent food and overall visitor experience.About Highgrove and the Kings Foundation:The Gardens at Highgrove are a showcase for His Majesty The King Charles IIIs commitment to organic and sustainable practices, helping to encourage wildlife and create a harmonious environment. The sale of Highgrove products and events support and enable the work of the Kings Foundation, which provides holistic solutions to challenges facing the world today. The Foundation aims to create communities where People, Places and the Planet coexist in harmony. It runs a diverse programme of education and training for all ages and backgrounds and regenerates and cares for places where communities thrive and that visitors enjoyWhen the Gardens at Highgrove open to the public each year, nearly 40,000 people come to visit. As part of our welcoming and highly professional Estate team, you''ll make their experience special. This is a real chance to make a lasting impression and inspire our visitors to Highgrove.Who we are looking forWe are looking for an Assistant Hospitality Manager to join us on a permanent basis to manage the day-to-day operation of the restaurant and private dining room, offering direction, guidance and support to the waiting staff and deputising for the Hospitality Manager.The main season is mid-April to mid-October, but we are not open every weekend and evening during this time and the job is mainly Monday to Friday.You will ensure that the restaurant operates efficiently and profitably while maintaining our reputation and ethos. You will also co-ordinate a variety of events within the Orchard Room and private dining room and be responsible for the performance, and the management of the restaurant supervisors, waiting staff, as well as maintaining high standards of food, service and health and safety.You will need experience of working in a restaurant, preferably within a high-profile busy environment where you have managed a team. A high degree of confidentiality and discretion is essential.Work life balance hoursThe hours are 40 per week - five days a week, worked over a seven-day period, to include weekends, bank holidays and some evenings, although the work is mainly Monday to Friday . After the Garden Tour season ends in mid-October, there are a few weeks of Christmas events finishing just before Christmas, when we are closed for two weeks. During the period January to March you will be able to take holiday, accrued time off in lieu and generally catch up on work needed before the next season.We offer a generous benefits package including life cover, good workplace pension scheme, sick pay, Employee Assistance Programme and enhanced maternity and paternity leave.If this exciting role appeals, we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV together with information on the skills and experience you will bring to the role.We have a diverse and inclusive workplace, creating a welcoming, safe space for everyone.This means that every member of our team can bring their whole self to work.We encourage qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply to join The Kings Foundation and bring their valuable skills and experiences.The Foundation is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees, including the provision of workplace adjustments.We do not tolerate discrimination based on protected characteristics (age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership) or other difference such as socio-economic background or social ..... full job details .....