GLL is looking for Bar Assistants to work at The Sands Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Bar Assistant there's never been a more exciting time to join us.
We are looking to expand our team of hardworking casual Bar Assistants, working from The Sands Centre in Carlisle. You’ll be enthusiastic and hard-working with a real attention to detail as you’ll assist the Catering supervisor with the operation of our busy Bars and Catering points within the venue before, during and after our Shows & Events.
The Sands Centre is an extremely busy entertainment venue, with high footfall, so you’ll need to thrive in this setting and be able to deliver excellent customer service during busy periods, helping to prepare and serve our customers
Ideally, you’ll have experience of working in a busy working bar environment with good customer care skills and knowledge of licensing laws. If you don’t yet, have it, we’ll provide full training.
What you’ll do:
Serve customers and prepare drinks and snacks at one of our busy Bar within the venue
ensure exceptional standards are maintained and that your remain compliant with legislation and venue policy including Challenge 25.
Work towards the common goal of providing arts and culture as an enrichment activity to customers, improving their mental health and well-being.
undertake any other duties as deemed and directed by the Catering Manager and/or Catering Supervisor.
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
What you need:
A willingness to diversify in the role as the job develops taking on new tasks and seeking out potential new areas of work.
An interest in events at The Sands Centre and in the wider cultural community of the city.
The ability to work flexibly in line with the needs of the business at peak flow times especially evenings and weekends.
The ability to work in a fast-paced setting.
Ability to work independently
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A salary of £13.45 per hour.
A values driven organisation
Learning & development to support career development
Good pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner
A full-time permanent position
The opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say on how we are run plus associated events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Career Pathways, professional development is just the start. To ensure your stay on top of your game we provide training with practical and theory elements too
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy a Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.
