Job Ref: GLE3354
Branch: The Gleneagles Hotel
Location: The Gleneagles Hotel, Auchterarder
Salary/Benefits: £44,743 per annum
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 39
Posted date: 12/06/2026
Closing date: 26/07/2026
We are currently seeking a highly experienced, accomplished and guest-centric Assistant Restaurant Manager, to join our fine dining Strathearn team.
The on target earning potential for this role is £44,743 / per annum - comprising a base salary of £36,443, plus a qualified estimate of £8,300 in gratuities and service charge.* As a member of the Gleneagles team, you will also enjoy a fantastic range of perks, benefits and rewards
One of the world’s most iconic luxury hotels and sporting retreats, Gleneagles has been making memories for a century. Crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2024 Cateys and Number One Resort in the UK Ireland by readers of the Travel + Leisure for their 2025 World’s Best Awards, everything we do is about surpassing expectations and creating unrivalled adventures for our guests.
We’re devoted to making our people feel as valued as our guests. In this way, we strive to support the whole ‘you’ – not just the professional part but the personal part too. People join our team for all sorts of reasons. Some work here permanently to develop a career, some work seasonally, while others have a schedule to fit around their personal commitments. However long you plan to stay with us and whatever hours you’d prefer to work, we’re open to flexible working requests and offer hours, shift patterns and contract types to suit everyone.
Location; Auchterarder, just off the A9. Gleneagles is also within easy reach of a number of Scottish towns and cities: Edinburgh City Centre (1hr), Glasgow or Dundee (50mins), Stirling and Perth (25mins).
- You’ll take pride in playing host to our guests and will lead the restaurant floor from the front, overseeing breakfast, Sunday lunch, and dinner service, while playing a support role to your fellow FB leaders
- Working closely with our Strathearn Manager, you’ll oversee ensure the day to day running of the department to meet standards service requirements of our fine dining Restaurant
- Leading the operational service delivery for the department with a visible presence on the floor, identifying responding to changing needs service priorities
- You’ll intuitively read the room, anticipating, and fulfilling the expectations of our guests; always warm, thoughtful, professional, and well groomed, playing your part in ensuring luxury service is our signature
- Engaging, motivating, and inspiring a strong and passionate team, you’ll ensure they consistently deliver exceptional service and are equally spell-bound by the magic and theatre of the experiences they create; you’ll be nurturing and developing talent ensuring that your passion and expertise are lived through others
- Developing strong relations with our Culinary team, you’ll work together to demonstrate that shared passion, clear communication, and living our values is what truly galvanises the team and drives excellence
- Working alongside the senior FB Management team to continue the evolution and sourcing of new options around equipment lines and submit options for review, providing feedback and signing off
- Understanding of Service Forbes, LQA standard, expectations process within your department proactively managing team performance
- You’ll be instilling a culture of continuous development and innovation, identifying new ways to surprise and delight your guests and your people
- Working alongside our Stratheaern manager to complete monthly PL analysis, identifying opportunities areas of risk
- Managing daily briefings with the service team, ensuring everyone is crystal clear on the priorities and their responsibilities ahead of each and every service
- Interacting with our guests, always warm, professional, helpful and doing everything you can to exceed their expectations; playing your part in making their stay with us luxurious in every way
- You have fantastic experience within a similar role in a luxury environment, and your strive for incredible leadership is a strong as your technical expertise and passion for service
- You enjoy the theatre and stage, however you’re modest, understated and without ego; you care for others as much as you care for yourself and role model this consistently
- Energised and fuelled by a high paced operation and equally high expectations, you’re resilient, and skilled at managing multiple and often competing priorities
- You possess a positive, professional, and courteous attitude, always see a glass half-full, and are consistent in your mood, manner, and behaviour
- Intuitively, you put yourself in the shoes of others whether that be your guests or your people; no matter how many times an issue has been presented to you, you recognise that to this person it’s likely a first
- An early bird some days and a night owl other, you work flexibly during the week and weekends, leading from the front and by example
- You have an exceptional and discerning eye for detail and take pride in fixing the small things that make a big difference; you have high expectations of yourself and others, driving high performance and ensuring others are brought on the journey with you
- Nurturing your team through coaching and training, you’ll bring a strong people focus and the desire to grow and develop their talent
- Highly motivated and possessing an immense sense of pride in your work; you're passionate about delivering the high standards for our guests in line with the Gleneagles brand
- You have a positive “can do” attitude to solving problems in a professional and courteous manner
- A strong team player with great communication skills and an enthusiastic approach; you're well organised and punctual with an eagle eye for detail
- You want to be part of a team that works hard, supports each other and above all has fun along the way and punctual with an eagle eye for detail
- 30 days holiday (including bank holidays) that increases with service
- Seasonal parties and local social events
- 50% discount on Food Beverage, Country Pursuits, Spa and Hair Salon (Mon-Thurs) and the Golf Driving Range
- Golf Membership (with access to all 3 championship courses) for £50.00 per annum
- Flexi points into yourPerkbox wallet to spend as you choose. The points can be spent immediately, or you can save them up over a number of months, for perks that cost that little bit more. All this gives you greater choice, so you can pick the things that mean the most to you!
- Eligible employees can access the Octopus EV Car Scheme, offering the opportunity to drive a brand-new electric vehicle
- Free ‘pay day’ lunch and monthly drinks offers
- A generous ‘refer a friend’ scheme
- Stay with us as a guest at Gleneagles or Gleneagles Townhouse for up to 2 nights per year at £95.00 per night – a benefit available upon completion of 12 months service
- Friends Family discounted rate of £225 - £275 BB per night at Gleneagles
- Enjoy discounted rooms and restaurants rates with up to 50% off across the wider Ennismore brands and hotels, located across some spectacular locations, including London, Paris, Rome, Dubai, Doha, Rio, NY, Chicago and LA...to name just a few
- Subsidised, single occupancy, en-suite accommodation available on our grounds
- Pension scheme, including an enhanced option for eligible employees
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programme, offering support and confidential advice for you and your family when you need it most
- Ongoing investment in your personal development with access to internal and external training qualifications and programmes
- Internal career opportunities across a wider range of specialisms and departments
- Access to a range of discounted health assessments through Nuffield Health for eligible employees, supporting a proactive approach to wellbeing
- Employee Assistance Programme, offering support and confidential advice for you and your family when you need it most
- Monthly recognition programme
- Volunteering day every year with a charitable partner of your choice
- Gleneagles Cycle Scheme, helping you spread the cost of the bike you really want while reducing your carbon footprint
- About gratuities service charge:
- Gratuities (tips) and service charge (an additional charge added to our room rates and services across the hotel that is passed directly to our employees) are paid on a pro-rata basis regardless of your role
- It is estimated that in 2026, our full-time employees can expect to receive around £8,300 in addition to their annual salary
If you are our next Assistant Restaurant Manager, please forward your most recent CV to us today!
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