Assistant Hospitality Manager – Blackfriars! Earn up to £44,000

We're looking for an enthusiastic and hands-on Assistant Hospitality Manager to support the delivery of exceptional hospitality experiences at our prestigious Blackfriars contract. Working alongside the Hospitality Manager, you'll help lead a busy operation covering meetings, conferences, VIP hospitality, and corporate events, ensuring every service is delivered to the highest standard. This is a varied role where you'll support the team, build strong client relationships, and help drive operational excellence across multiple events each week. Some evening work is required to support our busy events programme.

If you're passionate about hospitality, enjoy leading from the front, and want to develop your career in a premium corporate environment, we'd love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the day-to-day delivery of hospitality operations across meetings, events, conferences, and VIP experiences.
• Leading the team during service, ensuring every event is delivered professionally and seamlessly.
• Assisting with event planning, room set-ups, service delivery, and post-event reviews.
• Building positive relationships with clients and responding promptly to hospitality requests.
• Coaching, motivating, and supporting team members to deliver exceptional service.
• Working closely with the kitchen and operations teams to ensure smooth event delivery.
• Helping drive hospitality sales while monitoring quality, costs, and efficiency.
• Maintaining high standards of presentation, food safety, health & safety, and compliance.
• Supporting the Hospitality Manager with administration, stock control, and operational planning.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience in hospitality, events, conferencing, or premium foodservice.
• Previous supervisory or team leadership experience within hospitality.
• A background in corporate hospitality, hotels, venues, or contract catering is desirable.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, hands-on approach with excellent attention to detail.
• A passion for delivering outstanding customer service and memorable guest experiences.
• Flexibility to work occasional evenings to support a busy programme of weekly events.

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us

Restaurant Associates provides brilliant hospitality through our food, drink and services. We work with our partners and collaborate with our clients to achieve great things together.Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!

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