Assistant Centre Manager - Permanent Full Time

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• Reporting to: Centre Manager
• Role Type: Full Time time
• Hours: 37.5 hrs
• Remuneration: competitive salary depending on experience
• Location: GROW HQ, Waterford

GIY is an award-winning social enterprise dedicated to creating a movement of people connected to real food - organic, fresh, local, in-season food grown in living soil. GROW HQ, the home of GIY, opened in 2016 and features a multi-award winning farm-to-fork cafe, organic farm shop, organic training gardens and regenerative farm (at the Curraghmore Estate). With a busy year ahead, we are now looking to grow our team with a new Assistant Centre Manager role.

Job Description:

We’re on the lookout for a friendly, reliable, and hard-working Assistant Centre Manager to join our team at GROW HQ. If you love great food, enjoy working with people, and want to be part of a mission-driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a permanent role, we’re looking for someone who wants to grow with us. Flexibility is key – we need someone who can work midweek as well as weekends, across 5 days out of 7 on a rota basis, operating across our cafe, retail and education functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Be able to oversee the day to day running of the front of house areas in the absence of the centre manager.
• Must be able to lead and direct the FOH team ensuring all daily tasks are carried out to the highest standards.
• Must be able to give guidance and training to the FOH team.
• Must be able to oversee and execute all private dining, events, courses, groups to the standards expected by the business.
• Must be able to move between & co-ordinate events whilst still maintaining an efficient and smooth café service.
• Take ownership & responsibility for specific delegated tasks in line with the job role.
• This position may be ideal for someone with previous hospitality duty management or an assistant banqueting/restaurant manager looking to branch into a more” Life friendly” role and continue to develop themselves with the hospitality industry.

Qualifications, Experience, & Competencies

We are looking for an experienced individual who shares GIY’s culture, vision and values. Our ideal candidate would have the following experience:

• Minimum of 1 year duty manager or restaurant manager
• Strong, customer-facing experience and strong communications skills
• Must be able to operate on your own initiative and take ownership of tasks
• Team player who values integrity and respect
• Has a passion for healthy, seasonal, local and home-grown food

More About GROW HQ and GIY

GIY is an award-winning social enterprise dedicated to creating a movement of people connected to real food - organic, fresh, local, in-season food grown in living soil. GROW HQ, the home of GIY, opened in 2016 and features a multi-award winning farm-to-fork cafe, organic farm shop, organic training gardens and regenerative farm (at the Curraghmore Estate).

Apply

Please apply with your CV and a cover letter explaining your fit with the criteria outlined above. All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: €32,000.00-€35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bike to work scheme
• Company pension
• Employee assistance program
• Food allowance
• Gym membership
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Wellness program

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Waterford, County Waterford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Duty or Restaurant Manager: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person