Bar and Waiting Apprentice

Summary

Greene King are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and confident applicant to join their team as a Bar and Waiting Apprentice. Applicants MUST BE willing to work evenings and weekends and have a passion for customer service!

Annual wage: £18,002 a year
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Training course: Hospitality team member (level 2)
Hours: Minimum of 30 hours. Exact shifts to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 7 October
Duration: 1 Year 3 Months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

As the UK's leading pub retailer and brewer, we have some exciting plans for ours and your future. We are passionate about investing in our 40,000 people and as we grow, we will need more exceptional talent to help us continue to pour happiness into people's lives. Working in one of our 1,700 managed pubs, hotels or restaurants, the role provides an amazing opportunity to work in a fun and challenging environment to gain the skills, knowledge and experience you need to start a career in hospitality.

Our award-winning apprenticeship programme has been specifically designed to promote development along the Greene King Career Pathway where you will gain a nationally recognised qualification. You will be employed by Greene King from day one with the scheme providing opportunity to achieve an apprenticeship through a 12-15 month training programme. Upon completion you will have the opportunity to progress to the next level. The career pathway starts at Level 2 and goes up to Level 7 and all of our apprenticeships are designed to match roles in the licensed hospitality sector.

Join us at Greene King pubs, where we have always been the beacon for communities, wherever people want to come together. Our collection of urban pubs is all about serving up great times in the heart of the city. Whether you're looking for easy-going vibes, cocktails and colourful dishes in one of our high-energy bars or looking to be part of the after-work crowd who enjoy perfectly poured pints and pub classics with a twist in one of our urban pubs, we've got something for everyone.

As an Apprentice in Bar & Waiting you don't need to have experience as we'll teach you everything you need... All you need is a warm and friendly personality, willingness to learn and a genuine love for what you do.

It's our people that make our pubs special and we think the best hospitality comes from people who can be themselves and show customers their personality.

Responsibilities included in this role:

Maintenance of a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
Working effectively as part of a hospitality team
Serve food at the table
-Give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation
-Serve alcoholic and soft drinks
-Keep up to date with new products, menus and promotions
-Adhere to company policies and procedures and licensing laws
-Be involved and contribute at all team meetings
-Carry out instructions as given by management and head office

Benefits:

33% staff discount at Greene King managed pubs
-Friends and Family discount at Greene King managed pubs
-Discounts off high-street retail brands
-Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
-Enrolment into the company pension scheme (if eligible)
-Access to Wagestream - providing a variety of financial tools to support money management
-Up to 28 days holiday

What your apprenticeship includes

- A mixture of face-to-face and Skype/phone catch-ups every 4 - 6 weeks
- A mixture of on and off-the-job training, including workshops and webinars
- Reviews every 12 weeks with the Apprentice, Line Manager and Lifetime Trainer
- Feedback sessions to discuss progress
- Obtain Functional Skills in English and maths (if you don't already have GCSE)

At Greene King, you will be working towards a Hospitality Team Member Level 2 Apprenticeship Qualification over the course of 15 months.

Where you’ll work

Waterside

CV37 6BA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

Your training course

Hospitality team member (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Your training plan

Hospitality Team Member Apprenticeship - Food and Beverage Service L2 including Functional Skills in maths and English

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

None required (grade None required)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Team Working
Organisation Skills

Other requirements

The key dates are to be used as a guide only. Should the right candidate be found, this vacancy may close early.

About this company

Situated on the waterside of the river Avon in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, the pub has two names - the older is The Black Swan but the new name originated from the American GIs that camped over the river in the Second World War.

After this apprenticeship

Ongoing training and development.

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