The Winchester Hotel & Spa has been one of Winchester’s most popular destinations for weekend getaways and spa breaks for over 20 years. The hotel consists of 96 bedrooms across four room types, a relaxing spa with a range of professional treatments as well as a refreshing pool and hot tub, flexible function rooms and a stylish bar and restaurant to enjoy throughout the day.
We are currently recruiting an experienced General Manager to join and lead our Truly Talented team.
What we offer
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£60,000 per annum
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Full-time, 40 hours per week
Benefits
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Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
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28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
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Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
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Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
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Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
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A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
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Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
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Free meals while on shift;
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Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!
Your role
You will have an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of growing fantastic teams by leading from the front, while keeping our guests at heart of everything that you do.
We are looking for someone that holds and enjoys maintaining high standards across all areas of the business, with a keen attention for detail. You must be highly commercial with a passion for delivering quality throughout the business.
You will lead the hotel operations team to oversee all aspects of running the hotel, whilst keeping in constant communication with Axiom Hospitality to ensure that expected standards are delivered and guest’s expectations are exceeded.
The core skills and experience required to succeed
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3+ years of experience as a General Manager or Hotel Manager;
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Good commercial knowledge and solid experience across hotel operations;
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Good financial awareness with strong control of the P&L, cost management and proven record of identifying sales opportunities;
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A natural and inspiring people and business leader.
You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.
Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and the The Winchester Hotel & Spa.
Opportunities for all
At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.
Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.
