Careers & Volunteering at Muncaster Castle & Gardens

Careers & Volunteering

Muncaster Castle and Pennington Hotels are family run businesses offering a range of paid and volunteer openings. Career or volunteer, customer facing or behind the scenes, working for us offers days which are rarely dull alongside committed and friendly team members. If you have the enthusiasm and commitment to work in an award winning attraction or a top hotel or inn in the Western Lake District, we’d like to hear from you.

Please note, we do not accept any applications from agencies.

Muncaster are positive about employing people with disabilities.

Careers at Muncaster Castle

Chef

We are looking for someone to join our team, who is flexible, easy going and a team player. Your duties will include cooking our menu of fresh local produce. Also the option to bake bread, cakes and tray bakes as well as.

The Chef will support the team in keeping the kitchen running smoothly by assisting in the preparation of food and general upkeep of the kitchen. Food preparation, Understanding of food hygiene, Assisting in producing menu ideas, Maintain the kitchen work areas in accordance with HACCP regulations. Making sure that all kitchen equipment like food mixers, fridges, cookers are in good working order. Reporting any fault equipment to the Management team. Keeping the storerooms well stocked and organised at all times. Complying with the daily cleaning rotas. Accepting food deliveries from suppliers and storing them. Using the correct amount of chemicals when cleaning work surfaces and equipment. Responsible to: Catering Manager

Skills & Attributes:
• Can accurately follow instructions.
• Knowledge of the hospitality industry.
• Meticulous in detail
• A ‘can do’ attitude.
• Possessing a high standard of personal hygiene and appearance.
• Approachable and friendly
• Highly motivated and focused.
• Can work under pressure and have a familiarity with professional kitchen equipment.
• Good time-management skills are essential.

Benefits:
• Staff Accommodation if required
• Meals provided on duty
• Share of Staff tips
• Uniform provided
• 28 days annual leave
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Onsite parking

Full-time, Permanent Salary: From £9.50 - £12.00 per hour

To Apply:
Email your CV to info@muncaster.co.uk

Assistant Café Manager

Do you have passion for high quality food and drink? Because this is who we need. Someone with a quality food led background with exceptional customer service skills, a real eye for detail, and the ability to supervise and train great people and build sales. We are looking to serve an all day fresh range of bakery items alongside pastries, bread and cakes etc.

You will either be an experienced assistant manager or a strong supervisor and your background will be working in busy coffee shops, restaurants, cafes, customer facing catering operations or cafe bakeries - in a hands-on capacity. A massive bonus is that it is a day time only operation, so you will have a great work life balance.

As the Assistant Cafe Manager you will: Help to manage all day to day operations. Deputise for the manager in their absence. Supervise, train and develop your team. Work in a hands-on capacity leading from the front. Maintain high standards, compliance and company systems & procedures. Manage stock and control wastage. Deliver exceptional customer service. Work to company targets and KPI’s. Responsible to: Catering Manager.

Skills & Attributes:
• Experience as assistant restaurant/cafe/coffee shop/cafe bakery, catering manager or a supervisor in busy fast paced commercial customer facing operations.
• Excellent people, communication and supervisory skills.
• A hands-on lead from the front approach and a very keen eye for detail.
• An understanding of legislation & compliance.
• The ability to motivate and enthuse people and teams to deliver results.
• A positive and outgoing personality and outlook.
• IT literate - working with systems & process.