Restaurant Supervisor

Job Title: Restaurant Supervisor

Location: Birmingham

Salary: 26,338 - 26,942 per annum - SS2

Job type: Permanent, Full-time

UCB is an equal opportunities employer. We are TEF rated Silver, with a Good Ofsted rating.

The Role:

University College Birmingham is currently looking for a candidate that has experience as a skilled front of house operator, someone that can link the kitchen with the restaurant in our brand new Chelmsley Wood Culinary School. You will work with our students to motivate, inspire and support them to help them to gain hands-on experience and learn all the skills that will introduce them to the hospitality industry.

Our state-of-the-art brand-new training restaurant will allow you to enhance and teach your knowledge of skills and expertise and enable you to teach learners the most recent and current practices replicated in the industry. This fantastic facility in the heart of Chelmsley Wood makes for impressionable learning opportunities for our FE learners.

Essential requirements for this role include:

• Experience of working within a high level, busy, professional hospitality setting
• To be able to support the Chef Lecturer with food ordering, stock rotation and food hygiene due diligence recording.
• To be able to manage the day-to-day operations of the culinary school, inclusive of providing a high standard of service to customers.
• To be able to operate a till, manage cash flow and an experience of the financial management of a busy establishment.
• An ability to train, motivate and empathise with students of all ages and abilities.
• Strong levels of organisational and administrative skills in a busy commercial setting.
• A strong awareness of food safety regulations and best hygiene practice within a busy working restaurant.

So, if you are looking to contribute to the next generation of hospitality professionals, this is the perfect role for you. Please note you will be expected to work on some weekends.

UCB is committed to providing professional development opportunities and will support the completion of a recognised teaching qualification, if not already held.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
• 29 days' paid leave per year
• 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employer Contributions - 20.9%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including technology and cycle.
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - Sunday 27th July 2025.

Interview Date - TBC.

Please click APPLY to be redirected to our website to complete an application form.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of: Front of House Supervisor, Assistant Restaurant Manager, Restaurant Manager, Restaurant Team Lead, will also be considered.