Bar Manager

Bar Manager

• After an incredible 10 years’ operating and one of the city’s busiest restaurants, Hawksmoor Manchester is looking for a bar manager.
• Winner of Best Bar at Manchester Food & Drink Awards 2024. Winner of the Great Service Award at Manchester Food & Drink Festival in 2023 and 2019
• Join our General manager, AGMs, Head chef, restaurant manager, wine manager and reservations manager as the head of the huge bar department and complete this stellar management team!

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Bar Manager to join our team and make a real impact. If someone who loves building a positive, motivated, and inclusive culture where every team member feels valued and driven, this could be the perfect fit. As our Bar Manager, play a key role in helping the team grow and shine, providing training, mentorship, and support to make sure everyone is on the same page about delivering exceptional drinks and service in one of the busiest restaurants in Manchester. You will oversee a team of 12+ bartenders, head bartenders, assistant bar managers and barbacks.

In this role, set the standard by leading from the front, showing the team what great drinks and service looks like. Be hands-on, involved in all aspects of the daily flow – from welcoming guests with a smile to making sure every detail of the drinking experience runs smoothly. Plus, have the chance to build a team culture that’s all about passion, dedication, and a shared goal of creating memorable guest experiences. You will also play a part in the drink development side of things, having an input into what goes onto our menus.

Work somewhere awesome:

Shortly after being named the best steak restaurant in the world, we became a certified B Corp in 2022 and ranked as one of the top 100 Best Companies to work for over 10 years. This is alongside being rated as one of the most sustainable restaurant groups in the country and raising over £1 million for Action Against Hunger.

Benefits Include:

• “Refer a friend” bonus from day 1
• Tronc paid for every hour you work, breaks and holidays
• Discounted health and fitness benefits 
• Additional paid maternity and paternity leave to help you care for new additions to your family 
• Free meals when you’re at work
• 50% off food in our restaurants for you and your loved ones 
• An optional 20 hours each year to use for volunteering 
• Exclusive savings on travel, shopping, restaurants, and more 
• 28 days’ holiday that include service charge
• A restaurant welfare budget allocated for healthy snacks, drinks and support during our busiest times of the year
• Huge investment in training and development with qualifications across Wine, H&S, Food Safety, HR and a five-stage management development programme, run in partnership with the Watershed Management School

We strive to be a company that is inclusive in terms of age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be happy at work.