Mess Manager

Job Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for an you to join our operations team as a Mess Manager at ATR Winchester. As a Mess manager you will be responsible for managing the officers and sergeant mess, the contractual obligations and company/clients’ expectations, including health & safety, accommodation management, food & beverage provision, general cleaning and housekeeping, function and events management and full budget and accounting responsibility.

You will be report directly to the general manager and be accountable for managing full team of approx.10 staff across both officers and sergeant mess.

The ideal Mess Manager will have proven management skills, experience in hotel service management with an understanding of the importance of meeting the clients demands and expectations, finance, budgets and stock management is ideal in this role!

This role will include working some evenings and weekends to deliver functions, as the business requires.

Role Responsibility

• To demonstrate capabilities for the smooth running of the Mess, to the benefit of all members and residents.
• To take responsibility for the day to day management, co-ordination and control of all Mess activity.
• To ensure that the Mess adheres to all Health and Safety, COSHH and Food Safety regulations.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

• Qualification or relevant experience in Business Management.
• Management knowledge of HSWA, IOSH and COSHH.
• Proven experience of managing long-term client relationships
• Proven track record of leading, managing and developing a team
• Proven ability to develop new business opportunities
• Must be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Computer literate
• Previous experience of relevant service

Package Description

Salary £26,500 per annum

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance, free will writing, life assurance, 24hrs GP access and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave.

We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process