Hospitality Operations Supervisor

Estates & Facilities

Location:  

Highfield Campus

Salary:  

£25,285 to £28,131
Per annum

Full Time Permanent

Closing Date:  

Friday 22 September 2023

Interview Date:  

To be confirmed

Reference:  

2367023TD-R

The Campus Kitchen is the University of Southampton’s in house catering service. We facilitate a multitude of services across the University to include the provision of food in catered halls, retail catering outlets across all campuses, a delivered catering service and catering for all hospitality requirements across our campuses. Our aim is to deliver a five-star food service, catering for a wide range of needs and requirements and enhancing the experience for staff, students and visitors on campus.

Find out more about the services we offer here .

The role

You will be supporting the Hospitality Manager to ensure all hospitality functions and events operate successfully and you will take the lead on the day to day supervision of the Blue Room Restaurant – our fine dining outlet on campus. You will be responsible for delivering high levels of customer service and operating in accordance with set standard operating procedures.

The working hours are on a full-time basis. You will need to be flexible in terms of working hours which will include some evenings and weekends as part of the regular working week, rota patterns are on a 5 days out of 7 basis. The role is predominantly based on Highfield Campus but you will be required to travel between campuses to supervise operations as required.

Additional working benefits include time off over the Easter and Christmas period due to University Closure days, bank holidays and a 36 hour working week.

About you

You will be a highly motivated and proactive individual, capable of multi-tasking and have exceptional attention to detail. Experience in high end restaurant service or a fine dining setting is essential to the role.

What we can offer you 

As a university we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and are proactive in fostering a culture of inclusion, respect and equality of opportunity. We believe that we can only truly meet our objectives if we are reflective of society, so we are passionate about creating a working environment in which you are free to bring your whole self to work. We welcome applications from candidates who are committed to helping us create an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, people who identify as LGBTQ+; and people with disabilities. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates from working class, first generation Higher Education, the Global South and other underrepresented groups.

Working at the University of Southampton:

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Further details:

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcome applicants who supports our mission of inclusivity.

Apply by midnight on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job number.