Designate General Manager Oxfordshire

Acorn Pubs; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in the UK is seeking a Designate General Manager to support existing pubs and new openings. This role requires hospitality management experience and a passion for food and drink, offering flexibility to maintain a work-life balance. Responsibilities include ensuring high-quality service while leading and developing a team. The position comes with a package up to £50k, free meals on shift, and various wellbeing benefits.

Benefits

Free meals on shift

30% discount for friends and family

NEST pension

Referral bonus for new managers

Discounted gym membership

Flexible pay options

Qualifications

• Experience as a Deputy or Manager in a pub, bar, hotel, or restaurant.
• Passionate about food and drink with a focus on customer satisfaction.
• Strong leadership and team development skills.

Responsibilities

• Support existing pubs and new openings as a Designate General Manager.
• Work away from home while maintaining a good work-life balance.
• Ensure high-quality service and maintain operational standards.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Leadership

Customer service

Food and drink knowledge

Job description

Overview

Variety is the spice of life! Acorn Pubs is an eclectic group of individual pubs each with their own personality. If you are an experienced and adaptable hospitality Manager looking to develop your career, why not join our success story?

We are looking for a Designate General Manager, ideally based in the Oxfordshire area to support our existing pubs and new pub openings.

This role is ideal for an existing Pub Manager looking for a new challenge which offers a mix of Roving Management with a longer term eye on settling within one of our growing portfolio of pubs

Naturally, this position involves some working away from home but we’ll always try to be flexible in helping you to find a good balance between home and work.

Our Offer

• Package up to £50k including TRONC
• Great cash tips

The Extras

• We know you work hard so we feed you well - free meals on shift, choose from the menu!
• 30% discount for you, your friends and family across Acorn Pubs, Brunning and Price and our group including Wagamama and selected airport pubs and restaurants.
• It’s never too early to start saving for the future with a NEST pension
• Great discounts via Perks on Tapsaving you money on everyday purchases and more
• £1,000 referral bonus for introducing new Managers or Chefs to the company
• Wagestream - use flexiblepay to choose when to get paid

Your Wellbeing – it’s important to us

• Free 24-hour confidential helpline for you and your immediate family
• Bespoke wellbeing support offering free counselling for all crew
• Discounted gym membership
• Plenty of social get togethers – it’s not all work and no play
• Recognition platform with regular thank yous

We want you to grow with us

• Superb internal and external development programmes to support your progress
• We encourage movement between our pubs so you can have a long-term career with us.

About you…

Most importantly you have a natural ability to look after people and make them happy! You’re passionate and knowledgeable about all thing\'s food and drink. You’re outgoing, upbeat, and committed, with previous experience in hospitality, ideally as a Deputy / Manager in a pub, bar, hotel or restaurant. You have experience in a similar high-quality environment and are focused on training, leading, and developing the people around you.

About Acorn Pubs…

• A collection of 10 pubs, 6 of which have bedrooms.
• Our wider company, Brunning and Price, includes 79 pubs across the country.
• A company with heart, where individuality, personality and diversity are encouraged
• A company committed to reducing our carbon footprint and working sustainably
• @brunningandpricecareers #bandplife

If you’re ready to be our new Roving Deputy / Manager, then apply now!