Bar Duty Manager - Shelter Hall 🏯
£30,000 - £31,000 per year
£15 (Minimum Hourly paid including Service Charge)

Looking for your next big move in hospitality? Step into the spotlight as a Bar Duty Manager at Shelter Hall, our award-winning, one-of-a-kind venue on Brighton’s iconic seafront! 🌟

Shelter Hall isn’t just a food hall—it’s a revolution in dining, brought to life by Sessions, the record label of food. Sessions scout the hottest food talent, create smash-hit menus, and take them on a national tour through our buzzing food halls, franchises, and pop-ups.

At Shelter Hall, you’ll be at the heart of the action in our flagship venue. With 7 innovative kitchens, 2 vibrant bars, a private cocktail room (Skylark), and a stunning outdoor space perfect for seasonal pop-ups, we’re redefining what hospitality means.

This isn’t your average gig—no corporate cookie-cutter menus here. Bring your creativity and passion to the bar, collaborate with the Sussex food scene’s best, and lead an unforgettable guest experience. Ready to shake things up? 🍸

What's in it for you?

• Freedom to be creative and proactive in the drink creation.
• Service charge payments
• Get paid when it suits you with ‘Hastee’ wage advance
• Getting to work in Brighton's only Food Market with continuously changing brands
• Chance to be part of a growing company with plenty of progression opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme (Support for health, finance and legal services)
• Encouraged to be yourself! Let your personality shine.

What will you do?

• Work with the management team to ensure front of house and bar employees are exceeding guest expectations and always running the venue effectively.
• Cocktail menu creation for both Main Bar and Skylark Cocktail Bar as well as any special events the venue is running.
• Manage the bar team alongside Bar Manager including Bar Supervisors, Bartenders and Bar Backs.
• Train, motivate, inspire, engage and develop those within the Bar department.
• Manage a seasonal workforce which doubles in the warmer months.
• Wet stock management, ordering and stock count - proactively working to reduce wastage.
• Alongside management and the Bar Manager, be proactive and creative but also consumer leading, on keeping the beverage offering fresh, appealing and on trend.
• Beer line cleaning and general bar maintenance and health and safety.
• Show the team how it’s done – this is a hands-on role where you will also be working the bar.
• Form strong relationships with the different vendors who operate out of the venues as well as the internal floor and back of house teams

Requirements:

• Duty manager experience in a high volume venue
• Experience in cocktail menu creation
• Personal License Preferred
• Previous Key Holding Experience
• Ability to be on your feet for long periods of time - this is a large venue, you'll do many steps!
• Ability to deliver on tight deadlines when required
• Strong people manager
• Friendly, positive attitude
• Confident speaking to new people
• Expert level of English language
• Right to work in the UK

Join a company looking to change the face of the hospitality industry for the better. Sessions are an equal opportunity employer.

The first 2 stages of our Recruitment Process are "Blind" and no details other than work history and education will be shown to the recruiters or hiring team. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.