Bartender

The main purpose of the job.

Working alongside the team and management, deliver a high-quality service. Being able to resolve in a prompt and timely manner customer issues and provide an adequate solution.

As a key member of our management team, our Bartender must ensure the bar operates smoothly, with sufficient stock & staff at all times. The ideal candidate must thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, maintaining a professional, friendly & welcoming demeanour with our guests, as well as making effective use of quiet times. Strong leadership & people management skills should be accompanied by a customer-focused commitment to the company values, image & ethos.

A Bartender pays close attention to all operational details to ensure the comfort, safety and enjoyment of guests and job satisfaction & development of the bar team, as well as the financial success of the establishment.

You’re expected to be a role model for all members of staff, to lead by example and to generate a positive and friendly working environment for all.

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Duties & key responsibilities

- Service quality and professionalism

- Bar labour scheduling

- Staff training

- Risk assessment and HACCP awareness

- Customer relations attention to detail

- Ordering and stock take monitoring and optimisation

- Cocktail menu creation with GP% targets met

- Organisation, attention to detail and

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Percentage of time

A working week is deemed to be max 48 hours, with at least 40 hours of the time spent working behind the bar and one admin day.

Although you’re expected to work your scheduled hours only, as a manager you need to remain aware the needs of the restaurant have to be met, so changing your rota at the last minute may happen, staying longer may happen and extra shifts may be asked of you. Your managerial responsibilities are greater.

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About the business

Berber & Q restaurant group currently includes Berber & Q Grill House (E8), Shawarma Bar (EC1), and Carmel (NW6) ope in late October.

Our menus take inspiration from pretty much anywhere we can find it, but with a bias towards the ingredients and flavours of the Middle East, North Africa and across the Ottoman.We favour vegetables as much as meat and fish, we like our wines natural and our cocktails with a kick.

We cook over live fire because it makes food taste better.We love simple, honest cooking with loud colours and big, bold flavours.This also comes across in our laid-back hospitality and our unique atmospheric settings, both of which will welcome you when you open our doors.

Our goal over the next few years is to play an integral part in the growing London restaurant scene and this is a very exciting time to join the team.