Assistant General Manager

Overall earnings: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum (depending on experience) + bonus.

We’re looking for an Assistant General Manager to join our team at Caravan.

At Caravan, our leaders set the tone. As an Assistant General Manager, you’ll support your General Manager to deliver outstanding results across people, product, place, performance and profit. You’ll lead from the floor: keeping every service flowing smoothly, building confident and happy teams and making sure our ‘All Welcome’ hospitality is felt by every guest, every day.

As Assistant General Manager you are responsible for delivering exceptional hospitality experiences to our guests and team. To make that happen you’ll:

• Ensure our food, drink, and service standards are consistently delivered
• Recruit, onboard and develop confident, high‑performing teams: making sure new hires feel welcome and everyone has clear training, reviews and development plans
• Drive sales, labour, GP, and wastage targets while protecting the Caravan culture
• Manage systems including Fourth, Harri, Mapal, Workvivo to oversee the rota, payroll and compliance
• Maintain property standards, health & safety, and compliance with EHO/Food Alert
• Contribute to management meetings, audits, and action plans

We hire for mindset, not just skill. To thrive as an Assistant General Manager, you should be:

An experienced and ambitious hospitality leader (with multi‑shift or management experience), focused on growing into a future General Manager.

Confident leading teams, managing standards, and creating great guest experiences.

A culture ambassador: positive, approachable, and committed to Caravan’s values.

Organised, commercially aware, and able to balance operations with people development.

Competitive overall earnings + bonus.

Career progression supported by leadership training and development, including our Leadership Development Programme, Train the Trainer, and Hospitality Programme.

Meals + drinks on shift.

Dining discounts for family & friends.

Coffee discounts at Caravan Coffee Roasters.

Access to financial health, wellbeing, and mentoring support.

At Caravan, we believe hospitality is about more than just great food and drink, it’s about people. Since 2010, we have been building award‑winning restaurants and a specialty coffee roastery while investing in sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and community. We’re also proudly B Corp Certified, which means we’re committed to people and planet as much as we care about delivering genuine hospitality.

Caravan is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.