Alfa Leisureplex Group has an opportunity for a Bar Assistant to join the team at The Waverley Castle Hotel, Melrose.

Bar Assistant working hours:

As a Bar Assistant you will work 40 hours per week, including weekends with an hourly rate of £12.00 – Regardless of age!

 Being a Bar Assistant:

The main function of a Bar Assistant will be to serve drinks to our hotel guests in the bar & restaurant whilst making sure all stock and equipment in the bar area is up to standard. In addition, you will be involved in the evening entertainment from taking payments to participating in bingo calling and overseeing the charity fundraising evening.

We are an employee-owned company, what does this mean? 

• Bi-annual tax free dividend due to our employee owned status (over £1,000 last full year)
• Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
• Job Security – our employee owned status provides better job security, as we can't be sold to another company
• Support and continuous development opportunities
• Competitive occupational sick pay scheme
• Fantastic discounts on our holidays and hotel stays
• Employee assistance programme - Health Assured 
• Length of service rewards
• Live in accommodation
• Free employee meals
• Build your pension – we have a pension scheme in place that the Company contributes towards
• Reward, recognition engagement programs 

Our ideal candidate:

Essential Skills:

• Strong communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to learn new skills quickly
• The ability to work in a fast paced environment and keep calm under pressure
• Attention to detail

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in a similar role
• Knowledge of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry
• Passion for the industry

The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most highly respected coach holiday and hotel companies with a consolidated turnover of over £60 million per year. We are the UK’s only employee owned Travel Company and our brands include Leisureplex Hotels, Alfa Travel, which includes Alfa Scotland.

Leisureplex Hotels own and operate 24 hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside locations. We have a combined bed stock of 2,050 rooms and achieve strong all year round occupancies due to our sister brand Alfa Travel, Alfa Scotland plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers. We also cater for Self Drive guests and direct hotel bookings.

As an employee owned business with over 900 employee partners, we see our people as our most valuable asset in growing our business and continuing to provide a high quality service to our customers.

If you feel you are friendly, positive and passionate and have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this Bar Assistant role click ‘apply’ today. We’d love to hear from you!