Assistant Food & Beverage Manager

Title: Assistant Food and Beverage Manager

Location: Oxford

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
• Secondary carer leave
• Wedding/commitment day leave
• Free meals on shift
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Do you have a passion for leading the way in providing genuine hospitality and impeccable service? Can you motivate a team? Are you friendly, professional and efficient? Yes? Then this is the role for you.

At BaxterStorey, we believe that every interaction is an opportunity to create a lasting impression, that's why we're looking for an AssistantFood and Beverage Manager who motivates their team to exceed expectations at every turn.

The Global Leadership Centre (GLC) is situated in the heart of Oxford on a beautiful site on the banks of the River Thames; we have a unique opportunity for a passionate and mastery-based AssistantFood and Beverage Manager to with this exciting new opening in Autumn 2026. We have held a long standing relationship with this world leading client, and the right candidate is critical to ensuring the success of this exciting project.

As part of the role, you will be involved in shaping the Food and Beverage proposition across the campus working in partnership with the Operations Manager whilst supporting the transition into GLC with a real focus on elevating our food and beverage offer, working alongside the other support services to deliver the best service delivery.

Our ideal AssistantFood and Beverage Manager will demonstrate exceptional food and beverage knowledge and attention to detail, with proven experience leading large teams in a dynamic environment.

You will be responsible for overseeing the food and beverage proposition across our campus including GLC; our focus will be on training the team and delivering an exceptional food and beverage offer. We would also look for commercial acumen, and a personable leadership style to drive performance and engagement across all our food and beverage spaces.

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business.
• Continually look to develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment.
• Create a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation.
• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and operational.
• Collaborate with the culinary team to design and develop menus that exemplify the highest standards of food and beverage expertise, while leading from the front and engaging service partners and clients.

• Previous experience commensurate with role.
• 4/5 Hotel, beverage and bar background.
• Experience with either property, lodging or room division management.
• Have a contagious passion for food and customer service.
• You draw satisfaction from managing, training, and supporting a team.
• Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
• Excellent delegation and influencing skills.
• Meticulous organisational abilities; high attention to detail.
• Concise and effective verbal and written communication.
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.
• Works according to the BaxterStorey core values.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to 'set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality'.