Bar Manager – Castle Hotel, Windsor - £35000 plus TRONC
and superb benefits.
Start date early May 2026.
The Castle Hotel Windsor is a landmark hotel on Windsor High
Street, directly opposite Windsor Castle and at the heart of the town’s
historic and royal setting. Positioned as The Original Local, we combine deep
local knowledge with warm, confident hospitality for guests from around the
world.
With significant investment underway, including newly
refurbished rooms and a new restaurant and bar concept celebrating heritage and
locally sourced produce, the Castle Hotel is entering an exciting new chapter.
As part of Sir Richard Sutton Ltd, a family-owned business,
the hotel offers the opportunity to grow within an organisation committed to
excellence, people development and building a beautiful legacy for the future.
We aim to create environments where teams feel supported, trusted and proud of
the experience they create together.
About the role:
Working with the Restaurant General Manager, you will have
the opportunity to take Pennington’s bar team through the opening of the
restaurant and bar, guiding and coaching throughout the pre-opening phase.
From the opening The Bar Manager will lead by example
supporting the bar team and working with all departments within the Restaurant
and Bar
Your guidance and training will help us to realise our goal
of creating an approachable but fantastic cocktail experience that Windsor
residents and tourists as well as hotel guests will enjoy.
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A minimum of 12 months experience as Head
Bartender / Bar Manager in a similar fast paced environment
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Comprehensive knowledge of and passionate about
cocktails, spirits, beers and wine
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Proven track record of delivering exceptional
hospitality
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Demonstrable experience managing a small team
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Able to effectively manage and delegate tasks to
team members
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Able to work under pressure and multi-task
particularly during peak hours and extended periods of increased business
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Experience of training staff in areas of
beverage service and drink making
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Good knowledge of H&S, Food Hygiene
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Exceptional communication skills
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Personal Licence holder
Our People
The Sutton Hotel Collection is a family-owned group, thus by
extension, our people are our family. We
recognise how much our people invest in us, in turn, we offer exceptional
learning opportunities, as well as best in class benefits for our team.
Our Benefits
Here are some of the benefits you will receive, when you
join us:
- Free and
discounted hotel breaks - From the first day of service, you can benefit from a
free break of one/two days in any Sutton Hotel Collection hotel, in a 12-month
period. Additionally you, your family and your friends are also entitled to
discounted stays across all of our hotels and dining in our restaurants.
- Heka
benefits platform – your access to Heka begins from day one and is pre-loaded
with a balance of £150 to use against a wide range of wellness focussed
products, experiences and schemes including health cash plans and gym
memberships.
- Salary
sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, tech and electric vehicles (T&Cs
apply)
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity
Leave (26 weeks at 90% for expectant mothers, four weeks leave at 90% for
fathers)
- Loyalty awards, annual social and
celebration events.
- Learning and Development - An
extensive range of training opportunities are available to facilitate your
personal development.
- Wisdom Wellbeing - A confidential
service offering C therapy, up-to-date information, support and advice on a
broad range of subjects.
- Subsidised
Learning Courses - We encourage your learning and development so would like to
contribute to courses you would like us to explore.
We also provide you with all the basic benefits such as free
nutritious and tasty meals on duty, complimentary on-site parking (where
available), and bespoke uniforms where appropriate.
At the Sutton Hotel Collection, we are an inclusive,
natural, generous, ethical and diverse group of people, we celebrate human
relationships and kinship. We enable our
people, to make the place.