Bar Staff

Bunk is a cocktail bar and restaurant looking for a flexible part-time bartender who is good at working in teams and finds serving drinks enjoyable. Experience is preferred but is not essential, as we are keen on training new people up if they show dedication and a positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers with a high level of customer service, take orders, and serve food and drinks
• Mix ingredients for cocktails to the specifications provided
• Restock and replenish bar inventory and supplies
• Keep the bar area clean following the company’s guidelines
• Stay guest-focused and help clear and clean tables
• Develop an efficient work pace that keeps the customers at the bar and in the dining room satisfied at all times
• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills

Basic Bar Prep

The bar staff arrive early to organise the venue and bar to create prep and organise the floor and behind the bar or stock room. This includes washing, cutting fruit and preparing garnishes to streamline use.

Stock Kitchen and Storeroom

The bar staff works with management and the rest of the team to receive, stack, and properly store drinks in the bar and occasionally food in kitchens. They transfer alcohol and supplies to the bar as needed, and understand the importance of stock rotation and shelf life.

Cleaning Duties

The bar staff is responsible for ensuring all kitchen areas, bar prep and alcohol storage areas are clean and properly sanitised. This includes washing utensils, glasses, bar equipment, shelving, floors, sanitising countertops and cutting boards and maintaining all areas to health code standards.

Bar Setup and Breakdown

If they are the first to arrive, the bar staff sets up stations and washers, starts bar prep work, and prepares the bar and customer areas for service. When they are the last to leave, they put garnishes and utensils away, clean and mop the floors, and turn off all electrical items for a shutdown.

Bar Staff Skills and Qualifications

Quick and efficient workers with experience in bar work or waiting, no formal education or training is usually required to be bar staff, though the following skills are usually preferred:

• Dependability– a business is only as successful as the bar and kitchen staff it employs; all staff is expected to be reliable, on time for work, and consistent with the work they do. Staff should be able to work evening shifts and generally weekends.
• Physical stamina– the bar staff work on their feet for the duration of their shifts, around scheduled breaks, in bars that may be uncomfortably warm; they more around the venue constantly, work at an efficient rate for a duration of time and may carry heavy loads for short distances
• Customer service– working in all areas of the bar and often the waiting table, including bars, seating areas, buffet tables, and dining rooms, staff inevitably interact with customers, willingly listening to and assisting customers with their requests. Bar staff are the first point of contact and should make customers feel welcome but also ensure a safe and friendly environment is clear for everyone.
• Familiar with bar equipment– the bar staff work with sharp and potentially dangerous equipment daily—whether the knives, ice crushers/machines, or high-temperature fryers, they work safely and effectively with all bar equipment
• Team player –the bar staff takes direction from the supervisors and facility managers and is willing to assist other team members to get their jobs done

Pay: £12.71 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Store discount

Experience:

• Hospitality: 1 year (preferred)
• Bartending: 1 year (preferred)
• Serving: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person