Restaurant Manager jobs in Codnor and Waingroves

Deputy General Manager

Company: Distinctive Inns

Location: Nottingham

Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Contracted Hours: Guaranteed 45-Hour Weekly Contract + Hourly Paid Overtime

Base Salary: £14.21 – £15.21 per hour (£33,342.75 – £35,689.18 per annum)

Estimated Gratuities: +£0.95 per hour (~£2,223.00 per annum in tips)

Total Package Value: Up to £37,912.18 per annum

The Opportunity

Are you a passionate hospitality professional looking for guaranteed hours, hourly paid overtime, and clear pathways for career progression?

Distinctive Inns is a leading, independently owned pub company in the East Midlands. We are known for providing an uncompromised approach to delivering high-quality food and drink within stylish interiors, combining comfort and atmosphere with outstanding service.

We are seeking a talented senior hospitality manager to join our front of house team. We take pride in running smooth, modern operations backed by cutting-edge industry technology—from advanced reservation and rostering systems to modern procurement tools—ensuring every department works in harmony. If you thrive in a high-quality food environment and want a role where every single hour worked is paid, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Operational Excellence: Lead and oversee day-to-day front of house operations, ensuring consistently high standards of service, guest experience, and operational efficiency across every shift.
• Team Leadership: Lead, motivate, and develop the front of house team through effective communication, coaching, training, and performance management, ensuring the team is equipped to deliver exceptional service.
• Health & Safety Compliance: Maintain high standards of health, safety, cleanliness, and compliance, ensuring all required checks, procedures, and documentation are completed accurately using our digital compliance systems.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with kitchen teams, senior management, and other departments to ensure efficient service delivery, strong communication, and a seamless guest experience during peak trading periods.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in regular performance appraisals, training courses, and pay reviews, while identifying opportunities to improve operational standards, team performance, guest satisfaction, and profitability.

Requirements

• Experience: Proven track record working in a busy, high-volume hospitality, restaurant, or fresh-food pub environment, ideally within a supervisory or management position.
• Standards Focus: A passion for delivering exceptional guest experiences, maintaining high operational standards, and ensuring consistency across all areas of the business.
• Work Ethic: Punctual, reliable, and comfortable working standard hospitality shift patterns across weekdays, evenings, weekends, and busy trading periods.
• Communication: Excellent communication and leadership skills with a team-first mindset and the ability to confidently manage and support a diverse hospitality team.

What We Offer

• Guaranteed Hours & Paid Overtime: A guaranteed weekly contract with every extra hour paid—no unpaid salary overtime!
• Transparent Total Pay: Competitive hourly rates, supplemented by tips, ensuring you are rewarded fairly for every hour worked.
• Accredited Training & Development: Access to a wide range of nationally recognized training courses, accreditations, and qualifications to boost your CV and support your continued development.
• Promotion From Within: Regular pay reviews linked to performance appraisals, offering clear progression opportunities into senior management and operational leadership roles.
• Modern Operations: Work with cutting-edge rostering, procurement, reservation, and hospitality management technologies to support efficient and modern operations.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £35,565.75-£37,912.18 per year

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food
• On-site parking

Application question(s):

• Are you available and willing to work key shifts, including Friday nights, Saturday nights and Sunday lunches each week?
• How do you plan to travel to and from work?
• If you're currently employed, what motivates you to leave your present role?
• How many days were you absent from work or unavailable in the past 12 months?
• How would you describe yourself in three words?
• What do you consider your strongest attributes or skills and how would they benefit our team?
• What would you say is your biggest weakness and how do you actively manage it?
• (A) What do you enjoy doing outside of work? (B) How might your hobbies or other commitments affect your availability?
• If successful, is there any area where you might need initial support or training?

Language:

• English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person