Are you an exceptional, developing all-rounder who is looking for a learning opportunity and to provide the very best professional – but informal – service for our guests?
The Priory Inn is a privately owned (really busy), 14 bed hotel / 70 cover restaurant in a beautiful Cotswolds market town 2 hours from London and has a fantastic reputation to maintain.
We are looking for a high calibre, still developing, all-rounder to work alongside our other Managers.
Benefits / Package:
Competitive salary plus tips (all tips go to the staff. We do not retain any of them)
Help with relocation / visas for Australian/NZ nationals (Youth mobility, ancestry, etc)
Accommodation in a cottage on site shared with other team members
Uniforms
Staff meal
28 days of holiday which includes bank holidays
Free passes for The Priory Gym
Staff discount on meals in the restaurant
Regular farm tours and visits to our producers where we can meet the animals, see the veggies grow and understand how our cheeses are made
Training and development
Bicycles on the Cycle to Work Scheme
Requirements:
Energetic, dynamic, motivated and responsible;
Looking for a long-term job to build on your management learning as well as get Stuck into the operation of a 14 bedroom hotel, 70 cover restaurant and busy bar – away from the stress and expense of city life;
Enjoy being hands on, chopping and changing between working on a busy hotel reception; tending a contemporary, fun bar; and waiting at tables;
Enjoy getting the very best out of your team – and they enjoy working with you;
Your passion for local food will mean you have a natural desire to absorb as much information as possible to pass onto our guests;
Have good judgement, a positive attitude and natural managerial presence for our guests and with staff;
Are a developing manager who is keen to take advantage of a learning opportunity;
Your computer skills in Word, Excel and Outlook are second to none and you are highly organised with a strong leaning towards administration – possibly already with hotel reception experience or another similar;
Are fluent in spoken and written English and able to provide access to referees to support your experience from similar customer facing roles; and,
Will need to present your valid working papers for the UK.
We are:
A restaurant with a hotel in a beautiful Cotswold market town
A company based on solid core values
A professional but happy company to work for
Stable and successful business over 13 years
Truly passionate about fresh local food; we have a “ 30 mile food zone” where most of our food is sourced
We truly value all the ideas and input made by our team members
We are not:
We are not an agent – you will be dealing directly with the owners who are hands-on and care. We give those employees who apply directly to us preferential treatment and higher salaries over those who apply via agencies
We are not a chain – we have two successful Tetbury businesses – The Priory Inn and Stargazy Fish Bar
We are not looking for bog standard / run of the mill people
We are not a business that discriminates based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation
Values and Behaviours
As living our values are an important part of working here at The Priory Inn, please study these carefully and only submit an application to us if you feel comfortable and aligned with them:
Think differently
Be customer obsessed
Treat each other and our guests and suppliers with dignity and respect
Think and act frugally with financial responsibility at the heart of all actions
Be all-consumed by delivering quality in everything we do
Support a healthy work and life balance
Key behaviours:
We communicate openly, honestly and with integrity
We work together as one team without boundaries
Continuously strive to improve and learnhelp
Anticipate needs and deliver more than expected to guests and team members
Embrace everyone’s ideas, value all thoughts and encourage participation.