Location: THE PIG – and The Village Pub, Barnsley, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Salary: From £28,000 PA (DOE) plus service charge. Hours: Full-time, 45 hours per week. Contract Type: PermanentImportant Information: All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an informal recruitment session on Wednesday 26th or Thursday 27th June. If shortlisted, you will receive an email with further information on your application including a link enabling you to book yourself on one of the sessions. Please continue to check your email inbox and/or junk mail for updates.THE PIG – and The Village Pub is due to open its door early September. Therefore, for training purposes the anticipated start date is mid-August. We kindly ask all applicants to take this into consideration upon application.Welcome to THE PIG – and The Village PubIn January 2024, we acquired the 17th century Barnsley House hotel that is tucked away in the quintessential Cotswold’s village of Barnsley, just four miles from Cirencester. THE PIG – and The Village Pub offers guests a classic example of an English country garden that evolves with the seasons including a kitchen garden that will supply the produce found on our 25-mile menu.We are delighted to announce the start of our recruitment for THE PIG – and The Village Pub and are seeking for an Assistant Bar Manager to support with our beverage service.The Role:Our bars at THE PIG are unique! We mash, muddle, blend, shake and throw our way to making our guests the perfect drink. All of our cocktails are designed with the kitchen garden in mind. This provides all of the essential ingredients to infuse our locally sourced spirits. Our vodkas are infused by the herbs, flowers and berries from the kitchen garden, bacon is added to our bourbon and caramel to our rum. As Assistant Bar Manager you will be supporting the effective operation of the bar areas by demonstrating your skills and supporting the development of our team.Responsibilities include, but not limited to:Prepare and serve all drinks from our menu, including our classic cocktails.Utilise the produce from our kitchen garden, having an understanding of infusions and locally sources spirits.An understanding of wine is beneficial, working alongside our Sommeliers offering wine as part of our drinks list.Maintain a clean and presentable bar.Demonstrate your skills and impart your knowledge across the team, taking a pro-active approach in developing their skills behind the bar.Have an input and provide suggestions for our drinks menu.Support our Beverage Director with the management bar stock and supplies.Skills & Experience:Experience as an Assistant Bar Manager, or similar is preferred, along with the knowledge of classic cocktails and skills to mix modern twists! We are looking for someone with a pro-active approach to providing a details and knowledgeable service to our guests.Perks & Benefits:We are dedicated to making THE PIGs an inspiring, exciting, and fun place to work and in return for your hard work you can expect something a little different:Staff stays – free B&B.35% discount on food, beverages & treatments.Meals on duty.Annual holiday increase (up to 33 days)Take home goods – cost price.Free access for you and your family to an on-demand GP, Physiotherapy, and counselling services through Help@Hand.A range of learning & development courses.Anniversary vouchers – dinner with wine for 2.To view our full range of perks, visit our ‘What we can do for you’ section on our career’s webpage: jobs.thepighotel.comHome Grown Hotels is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against candidates based on any of the protected characteristics set out in the Equalities Act 2010.Robin Hutson: ‘As with all good hospitality, THE PIG is fundamentally about people; it’s the personalities, passion, knowledge, and skills of the people we work with that somehow converge to creating THE PIG experience’.
