Location
ABode Canterbury is a stylish, four AA star 72‑bedroom boutique hotel on Canterbury High Street, which houses our own restaurant brand, Brasserie ABode. For the commuters, Canterbury East and West train stations are just a few minutes’ walk away.
SERVICE CHARGE – We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel – every penny received is paid out to the team. Service charge can be in the region of £115 a month (around £1375 per year) over and above base pay for a full‑time employee.
About the role
Come and join our team as a Food and Beverage Assistant and let your passion and personality shine. Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests. We want all of our guests to enjoy their time with us, and make memories that last a lifetime.
Check out some of the key points about the role:
* We serve a lot of yummy dishes, so we ask that you get to know the menu, that way you can advise our guests if they ask for help.
* You spend a lot of your life at work, meaning often your colleagues become friends, and we encourage that. We want our employees to build close relationships across all teams.
* Ensuring all our guests have a memorable experience.
* We are one team, so we will all muck in from time to time, helping each other across departments.
Work/life, or as it should be called life/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.
Perks and Benefits
To say thank you, we have many perks:
* Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
* Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
* Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £50 B&B per person across the group and your friends and family get special rates too.
* We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
* We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
* To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams to be curious. Everyone can learn and develop – our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
* We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
* We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us – our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.
About our family of hotels
We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.
Each of our hotels is unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.
We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award‑winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900‑year‑old Amberley Castle to our cool city‑centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th‑century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look here www.brownswordhotels.co.uk
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