Bartender

Intercontinental Hotels Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company in Manchester seeks a Bartender to join their vibrant team. You will prepare and serve drinks, maintain the bar, and provide exceptional customer service. The ideal candidate has experience bartending and a passion for great service. Benefits include competitive pay at £12.85 per hour, discounts, and generous time off. Join us to create memorable experiences for our guests!

Benefits

28 days holiday including bank holidays

Paid volunteering days

Discounts for hotels and restaurants

Meals on duty

Qualifications

• Passionate about delivering great service and a mixologist by trade.
• Previous experience as bartender/cocktail bartender.
• Experience working with customers in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and serving a variety of drinks
• Maintaining a clean and well-stocked bar
• Providing excellent customer service
• Handling cash and credit transactions

Skills

Service orientation

Mixology

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

Fantastic opportunity for a Bartender to join our funky team at The Refuge – Kimpton Clocktower on a Part‑Time basis!

You will earn £12.85 per hour, plus service charge.

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 but 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 more could you ask? It’s not just the humans who feel this, we extend this to all our furry friends, because our heartfelt connection does not end with humans!

What’s in it for you as our Bartender

• 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.
• 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).
• We provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance.
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world.
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema.
• Don’t forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous ‘Refer a Friend’ programme!

As a bartender, your duties include preparing and serving a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, maintaining a clean and well‑stocked bar, and providing excellent customer service. You will also be responsible for handling cash and credit transactions, adhering to responsible alcohol service policies, and collaborating with other hotel departments.

To succeed as a Bartender, you will need:

• To be passionate about delivering great service and be a mixologist by trade.
• Previous experience as bartender / cocktail bartender.
• Experience working with customers in a busy environment.
• To be willing to learn new things and work as part of a wide hotel team.

Here, you will have space to:

• Be yourself – bring the real you to work, with your unique personality we want you to be who you are!
• Lead yourself – we trust you to make decisions and exert your creativity in order to provide our guests with heartfelt human connections, we trust you to do right!
• Make it count – you matter, and we will provide you with all the tools you need in order to create ridiculously personalised experiences for our guests every day!

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 firmly 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 an individual's, 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.

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