F&B assistant

Job Ref: JI27674

Branch: Leonardo Hotel Galway

Location: Leonardo Hotel Galway, Ireland

Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary + Fantastic Benefits

Contract type: Flexi-Part Time

Hours: Part Time

Shift pattern: Standard Work Shift (Ireland)

Hours per week: 40

Posted date: 27/08/2025

Closing date: 29/09/2025

Be Yourself – Be a Bold Team Player – Be Leonardo

As a Food and Beverage Assistant, you'll be a face of the hotel, so we want you to bring your warm and friendly personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you'll be stepping into a busy role You'll be working as part of a vibrant team to deliver first-class hospitality to our guests in the hotel's restaurant and bar.

Some of the perks our colleagues enjoy include:

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK Europe: get planning that city break you've been dreaming of
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Meals on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

If you're our ideal Food Beverage Assistant, you will:

• Be yourself
• Share your positive energy with guests and your team
• Ensure that guests have a great experience in our restaurant and bar, and are leaving with a desire to come back again
• Have a can-do attitude
• Be confident in speaking with guests and the team – we love building a good rapport

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you're part of the team, you're part of the Leonardo community. In our business, your hard work and pace is valued so it's our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Hospitality professional Our "GROWonline" learning portal ensures you develop the knowledge and skills you need, along with regular coaching and training from your manager. Our regular Learning Bites, "Come Join Us Guest Care" training and Wellness webinars all help your progress with us. With support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you'll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years; there's never been a more exciting time to come join us

Our hotel in Galway is located on Quay Street, right at the heart of the historic city centre overlooking Galway Bay. The Spanish Arch and Medieval City Wall are just a two minute walk away, while the train station can be reached in 10 minutes on foot. Whether you're visiting the city for a weekend away with friends, a family holiday or a business trip, we know how important it is to find a hotel that suits your needs to a tee while you're here in Galway.

At Leonardo Hotels, our friendly team make sure your stay is nothing short of perfect, starting from the moment you step through the door. From comfortable rooms to contemporary on-site restaurants and free hotel-wide Wi-Fi, we've thought of everything here at our Galway hotel.

At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels here in the UK Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993 With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.

As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing.

At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations

We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off