Barback, Restaurant​/Food Service

Overview

A fantastic opportunity for Barback to join our funky team at The Refuge – Kimpton Clocktower on a Part-Time role
!

You will earn £12.60 per hour
, plus service charge
.

You can check out our Instagram pages to have a look at @therefugemcr and @kimptonclocktower.

The Refuge is a vibrant and bustling establishment in the heart of Manchester, renowned for its exceptional restaurant and bar experience. Nestled in the historic site with a modern twist – Kimpton Clocktower, we pride ourselves on delivering top-notch service and unforgettable experiences to our guests.

Kimpton Clocktower is all about providing a contemporary luxury hotel experience whilst building heartfelt human connections with guests and colleagues – we call it Stay Human.

What’s in it for you as our Barback
:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Uniform provided
• Taxi subsidy for shifts starting/ending between 23:00-06:00.
• Meals whilst on duty
• 28 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated)
• Company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – from retail to cinema
• Refer a Friend programme

As a barback, you will provide essential support to bartenders, ensuring smooth and efficient service. Your duties include stocking the bar, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with various tasks to help bartenders focus on serving customers.

To succeed as a Barback you will need:

• To be passionate about delivering great service
• Minimum of 1 year experience as a bartender or barback
• Experience with working with customers in a busy environment
• To be willing to learn new things and work as part of a wide hotel team

At Kimpton, our shared mission is to make lives better through heartfelt human connections. Our colleagues are empowered and encouraged to act from the heart, to go above and beyond to create personal experiences for each other and our guests.

Our passion is YOU…come as you are!

Here, you will have space to:

• Be yourself - bringing the real you to work, with your unique personality
• Lead yourself – we trust you to make decisions and exert your creativity to provide our guests with heartfelt human connections
• Make it count – we will provide you with all the tools you need to create personalised experiences for our guests every day

If you are someone who likes to march to the beat of their own drum and wants to join a company which encourages authentic individuality, apply today to join us as Barback!

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants crafts unique destinations that kindle heartfelt human connections. Our bespoke spaces blend spirit, style and delight to create an addictive culture of refined irreverence where locals, visitors and colleagues seamlessly connect.

Don’t quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you’d be a great fit for the job? We’ll never know unless you hit the Apply button. Start your journey with us today.