RESTAURANT MANAGER — ST LEONARDS-ON-SEA
HALF MAN! HALF BURGER!
£15/hour + daily cash tips + a significant weekly share of service charge/tronc
We’re looking for an experienced Restaurant Manager to join the team at Half Man Half Burger in St Leonards-on-Sea.
This is a 26-hour-per-week role, predominantly focused around the weekend, with some weekday evening work.
So if you love hospitality, busy weekends, great food, good music and leading a team, this could be right up your street.
We make seriously good burgers, work with great beer brands and have a loyal crowd of locals and visitors. We’re independent, busy, a little bit different — and we genuinely care about making this a great place to work.
What’s in it for you?
- £15/hour + tips + service charge/tronc
- 26 hours per week
- Predominantly weekend working
- All-year employment — no seasonal nonsense
- 28 days’ holiday pro rata
- Pension
- Free/discounted burgers & beer
- Uniform, merch & hoodies
- Full training and support
- A friendly, open team where your ideas matter
The role
You’ll be one of the key people running the restaurant alongside the owners and senior kitchen staff, helping ensure service is slick, the team is happy and customers leave smiling.
You’ll be:
- Leading and motivating the FOH team
- Running busy services
- Training new and existing staff
- Managing rotas and cover
- Opening/closing and keyholding
- Handling customer issues
- Keeping standards, cleanliness and hospitality high
- Managing stock, cashing up and orders
- Keeping on top of food safety, licensing and H&S
- Managing the EPOS system, delivery platforms and online orders
- Working closely with the owners and management team
Who are we looking for?
Hospitality experience is essential. Management or supervisory experience is a big plus.
We want someone who:
- Loves hospitality and being around people
- Is confident leading a team
- Thrives when things get busy
- Is organised, reliable and hands-on
- Has a big personality and positive attitude
- Understands what great customer service looks like
- Is weekend-focused and genuinely enjoys the buzz of weekend service
You don’t need to be the finished article — but you do need to care, get stuck in and want to make things happen.
26 hours | St Leonards-on-Sea | £15/hour + tips + tronc
Come join a great team, eat some burgers and help us keep the place buzzing!
Pay: £15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
Work Location: In person
