About Us
The Coach House is more than just a café, bar and eatery. Located in the beautiful surroundings of Bowring Park, we're a thriving community destination where great food, warm hospitality and memorable experiences come together.
We're looking for an ambitious, hands-on General Manager who shares our passion for hospitality and wants to help shape Bowring's next chapter.
The Opportunity
We're looking for a leader who can inspire people, grow the business and create an exceptional experience for every guest who walks through our doors.
Reporting to the Oneday Leisure Director, you'll lead our bar and kitchen teams, champion outstanding service, drive commercial performance and help us maintain our reputation as a hidden gem in the heart of Merseyside.
If you love developing people, building community, spotting opportunities and leading from the front, we'd love to hear from you.
Your Mission
Create a vibrant, welcoming venue where people love to work, visit and return to.
You'll combine commercial thinking with genuine hospitality, ensuring every guest receives an exceptional experience while driving performance, supporting your team and helping the business continue to grow.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead the day-to-day operation of The Coach House, ensuring consistently high standards across food, drink and service.
- Inspire, coach and develop the Bar and Kitchen teams, creating a positive, high-performing culture.
- Be a visible presence on the floor, leading by example and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
- Drive commercial performance through effective management of budgets, P&L, stock control, labour costs and KPIs.
- Manage recruitment, onboarding, rotas, training, probation and performance management with support from our People & Culture team.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across Bowring Park to deliver seamless events, room hires and visitor experiences.
- Champion Oneday's values and help create one outstanding experience across the entire site.
- Build strong relationships with local residents, community groups and regular customers.
- Act as Duty Manager on a rota with the wider management team.
- Ensure compliance with licensing, food safety, health & safety and operational procedures.
- Support the continuous improvement of systems, standards and ways of working across the business.
What You'll Bring
Essential:
- At least two years' experience as a General Manager within a food and beverage operation.
- Strong restaurant and bar management experience.
- Excellent knowledge of beverages, wines and cocktails.
- Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, P&L and stock.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate, coach and develop teams.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Strong organisational and planning abilities.
- Experience using rota management and ordering systems.
- Flexibility to work 45 hours per week across Monday to Sunday.
Desirable:
- Personal Licence holder.
- Experience recruiting, onboarding and developing hospitality teams.
- Full UK driving licence.
Why Join Oneday?
You'll join a passionate, ambitious team that has transformed a historic community destination into a place people genuinely love spending time. We believe hospitality should be warm, welcoming and full of personality, and we're looking for someone who shares that vision.
If you're ready to make your mark, lead an incredible team and help shape the future of The Coach House, we'd love to hear from you.
Pay: £35,474.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Do you have any unspent convictions, as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974?
- Why do you want to work at Bowring?
Work Location: In person
