Due to exciting future plans, we are now recruiting trainers to support the investment plan for the remainder of FY22 and FY23. As a Kitchen Investment Trainer, you will be an integral part of delivering the investment plan to an exceptional standard, ensuring our businesses open on time, with a well-trained kitchen team ready to consistently deliver quality food service and safety from day one.

Working in a mobile role, you’ll be part of our fun and energetic Openings Team. This is a fantastic opportunity for retail team members and managers, with site or district kitchen training experience. If you’re as passionate about hospitality as we are, we want to hear from you!

Successful candidates will be offered the position on a 12 month fixed term basis.

What’s in it for me as a Kitchen Investment Trainer…?

• Never a dull moment - fun, laughs and lifelong friends! 
• You’ll be training our teams across a wide variety of different brands, so you’ll see lots of new towns and cities across the UK
• Mobile working: When you’re not on project, on your prep days there’s the flexibility to work from home, the RSC or one of our sites 
• Grow your network - you’ll train across several brands and meet lots of new people in retail and support roles
• Annual Bonus Scheme – We’re all about rewarding the hard work everybody puts in
• Company Car
• Further develop your training skills - TAP certificate for training delivery

What will I be doing as a Kitchen Investment Trainer…?

• Ensuring the training plan is fully delivered in line with the brand values and standards
• Delivering engaging and interactive training
• Ensuring eLearning and inductions are fully completed and support management team in completion of team files, risk assessment training and overall organisation of their business
• Delivering safe working practices throughout the opening training
• Developing a guest obsessed culture within the team
• Ensuring food stock is managed effectively in line with budget
• Briefing and coordinating roles on practice runs and preview events and completing daily briefs and debriefs with the management team throughout the opening training
• Coaching team and management to be safe and deliver great practices long after you've gone, instilling culture of lasting change and training
• Evaluating and evolving the openings training programme, materials and critical path as agreed with Head of Openings

What do I need as a Kitchen Investment Trainer…?

Just like our brands, our teams are diverse. You’ll be...  

• You must hold a full UK driving license as this is a mobile role that requires your time to be spent within our pubs nationwide
• Happy to be away from home for a week or two at a time training our new kitchen teams
• Eager to learn new menus and service styles as in this role you’ll training teams in up to 5 different brands depending on your experience.
• Highly motivated and organised
• Able to confidently engage with team, managers and area managers
• Experienced in group training, and ideally have been involved in menu or remodel training
• Able to work in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point & Outlook
• Able to problem solve and work in a high-pressured environment
• Qualified in Level 3 Food Safety or Intermediate Food Safety

*Please Note:  Ensure you include all relevant kitchen training experience on your CV when you apply*

*Please Note: We plan to hold stage 1 assessment sessions on 8th and/or 11th July*

Closing Date - Midnight, 3rd July 2022