Breakfast Assistant

Intercontinental Hotels Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading hotel group in Manchester is looking for a Breakfast Assistant to ensure a pleasant dining experience during breakfast service. Responsibilities include greeting and seating guests, taking orders, serving food and drinks, and maintaining the dining area. The role offers a part-time position with a rate of £12.60 per hour and various key benefits including training opportunities and discounts.

Benefits

Extensive training and global career progression opportunities

Wagestream – a financial wellbeing app

Meals while on duty

28 days holiday each year

Company sick pay and life insurance

Discounts for IHG hotels and restaurants worldwide

Qualifications

• Previous experience as an event waiter or bartender is preferred but not required.
• Must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a pleasant and efficient dining experience during breakfast service.
• Greet guests, seat them, and take orders.
• Serve food and drinks and clear tables.

Skills

Passion for delivering great service

Experience working with customers

Willingness to learn

Job description

Breakfast Assistant

Join IHG Hotels & Resorts as a Breakfast Assistant at The Refuge – Kimpton Clocktower, a part‑time role. Earn £12.60 per hour plus a service charge.

Key benefits include:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies.
• Extensive training and global career progression opportunities, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year.
• Wagestream – a financial wellbeing app that lets you save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Taxi subsidy for shifts starting or ending between 23:00‑06:00.
• Meals while on duty.
• 28 days holiday each year (incl. bank holidays), pro‑rated up to 33 days.
• Company sick pay and life insurance.
• Significant discounts for IHG hotels and restaurants worldwide.
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores.
• Refer a Friend programme.

As a Breakfast Assistant you will primarily ensure a pleasant and efficient dining experience during breakfast service. Your duties include greeting guests, seating them, taking orders, serving food and drinks, clearing tables, maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the dining area, replenishing buffet items, handling guest requests, and ensuring a positive and welcoming atmosphere.

To succeed in this role you will need:

• Passion for delivering great service, food and drinks.
• Previous experience as an event waiter or bartender is preferred but not required.
• Experience working with customers in a busy environment.
• Willingness to learn new things and work as part of a wide hotel team.

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.