Bar Supervisor

We are currently looking to add Bar Supervisor to our team at the Keeper’s House situated within the Royal Academy of Arts, London to deliver a world class guest experience.

The Keeper's House is a perfect blend of art and hospitality; creating a “home away from home” for Friends of the RA, Patrons, Royal Academicians and visitors. Inside you’ll find a café, a member’s room and a cosy bar with its own secret garden. The walls of Keeper’s House are adorned with a revolving programme of RA Editions, presenting works for sale from Academicians and other invited artists.

What you'll do

• Be a vital part of the front of house operation by supervising and ensuring bar runs smoothly and efficiently on a day to day basis.
• Provide excellent customer service with a dedicated and helpful approach.
• Be responsible for the opening and closing of the bar, ensuring all procedures are followed according to company policy.
• Manage stock inventory effectively.
• Use innovation and upselling skills to engage the team to drive sales in line with targets.
• Work with the wider catering team in order to provide excellent customer service.
• Adhere to all H&S regulations (Such as food safety, allergen awareness, COSHH and HACCP regulations.).
• Improve the quality of life for those we are serving.

What you'll bring

• You will be able to comply with all Company & client policies and statutory regulations relating to Health & Safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your work place.
• You will ensure that all relevant checklists have been completed, adhered to and updated as required.
• You will ensure that sufficient staffing levels are in place at all times to ensure that the Keepers House areas run as smoothly as possible
• Experience with till reconciliation
• You can ensure high standards of personal performance, hygiene, appearance and cleanliness at all times
• You can communicate well and demonstrate a pleasant, polite, efficient, caring and friendly service to customers and clients in all areas of service, which Sodexo provide.
• You will participate in any necessary training and team meetings as required to complete job responsibilities to the Company’s and Client’s standards e.g. health & safety, food hygiene.
• You can work as a team to promote harmonious working relationships within the Sodexo team
• Experience with reporting customer complaints or compliments and taking some remedial action if at all possible.
• You will report immediately any incidents of accident, fire, theft, loss, damage, unfit food, or other irregularities and take such or advice as may be appropriate.
• You can comply with all rules and regulations

Why Sodexo?

• Contracted 35 hours per week
• £16.50 per hour plus a share of the service charge
• Start date 8th January 2026