Role Purpose

After a big meeting far away from home, or a long wait for a delayed flight, is there anyone more welcoming than a smiling bartender? As the friendly face of our hotel bars, you’ll also be a helpful host, a local expert, and a proud brand ambassador. Whether you’re preparing drinks exactly as our guests want or serving them delicious food, you’ll be devoted to creating relaxing, memorable experiences.

Key Accountabilities

• Creating a warm and welcome to everyone and setting the tone for each guest’s experience.

• Prepare and serve drinks to high standards, and highlight promotions to guests.

• Work with your restaurant colleagues to offer a seamless food service.

• Set up your bar – stock up on all the supplies you’ll need, manage your inventory and make sure all your equipment works.

• Change beer barrels.

• Look after your bar – keep it clean and tidy and make sure the alcohol is always secure.

• Handle cash and credit transactions.

• Look smart – wear your uniform with pride.

• Be ready to jump into other ad-hoc duties when your colleagues need your help.

• Always follow safety procedures.

Key Skills & Experiences

• Fitness – you’ll be on your feet most of the day with lots of bending and kneeling.

• Strength – sometimes you’ll need to lift, push and pull big objects like barrels and crates up to 50lbs (23 kg).

• Literate – you’ll need a good grasp of reading, writing and basic maths.

• Flexible – night, weekend and holiday shifts are all part of the job.

• Experienced – you’ll know how to prepare a wide range of drinks. Ideally with formal bartending training.

• Compliant – as well as meeting local laws on food handling and serving alcohol, you’ll be above the minimum age required and fluent in the local language.

• Articulate – a great communicator, you’ll be warm, welcoming and easy to talk to.

As the world’s first and most global luxury hotel brand, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s, we are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in truly impressive surroundings. We all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental®️ brand and to be part of the brand you will have a thirst for travel, passion for culture and appreciation for diversity. We create inspiring experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

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Important information :

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.

• No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.