Location

Assistant Catering Manager

Location

Bristol

Salary

£28,778 to £32,080 per annum, Grade: F

Opened on

2026-05-11

Closed on

2026-05-24

The role

The University of Bristol has an opportunity for a dynamic, experienced and multi-skilled hospitality & catering manager to lead a diverse team within one of its flagship catering outlets. The role will suit someone who has experience managing catering/F&B outlets, events & hospitality.

What will you be doing?

You will assist with the management of a catering area or areas within our catering estate, having responsibility for the people working in that area as well as P&L’s, marketing, compliance, service standards and anything else. Leading from the front, you will set the direction, seek continuous improvement and ensure we are delivering a fantastic service to our students, university colleagues and customers.

This is a high profile role in the university and you’ll rely on your people skills to develop great relationships across departments and with the senior leadership.

You should apply if

  • Experience and knowledge of catering and hospitality food service, coupled with experience in a similar role including events.
  • Experience supervising/managing people, concept innovation, continuous improvement, tech solutions, P&L’s & marketing.
  • Experience working with external stakeholders.
  • Great communicator and able to care for and develop your team.
  • Highly organised with excellent computer literacy skills including operating knowledge of Microsoft office and the ability to understand and use other software packages.
  • Experience with working to set standards and ensuring consistency across team.
  • Hold the relevant qualifications in food safety and health & safety.

Additional information

Work pattern: Full time (35 hours)

Shift pattern: 5 over 7 days

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on: Sunday 24th May

For informal queries please contact: Tim Clarke (Senior Operations Manager) on tim.clarke@bristol.ac.uk

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