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Experienced Waiting Team
| Posting date: | 08 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Tips |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2025 |
| Location: | EH2 2EL |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Contini |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
The busy spring time is here! We are recruiting experienced Section Holders to join our current Waiting Teams in all 3 of our venues! The post requires someone to work 30 hours per week over 4/5 days. We are offering an hourly rate of up to £15-16 inclusive of tips.
We are looking for someone who has good experience, is efficient, confident and hard working and ready to work with our charming and attentive team. All our Section Holders are well trained and work closely with the wider Front of House and Kitchen teams to produce a happy and welcoming environment for all our customers whilst serving delicious food.
Due to licencing laws the post holder must be over 18 years old.
Our restaurants produce consistently beautiful food, made from scratch, that is tasty and satisfying. All our kitchens buy directly from over 70 artisan suppliers and receive daily deliveries in the growing season from our very own kitchen garden. We have 3 Bee Hives with over 50,000 bees and when nature has been generous we are able to share the honey and the honeycomb with the kitchens.
To join our team, previous hospitality experience is preferable. You must have a positive, can-do attitude, the confidence to take charge of your designated section in the restaurant as directed by your managers and good attentive attention to detail. You will be responsible for serving customers food and drinks as well as taking orders and payments. Having strong teamwork and communication skills are essential. You will be expected to contribute to a happy, efficient and knowledgeable working team and environment.
We are a family-run business with three award-winning restaurants in Edinburgh City Centre: Contini on George Street; The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant at the Scottish National Gallery on The Mound; and Cannonball Restaurant & Bar. All our venues offer something different, this allows us to offer working flexibility, our contracts can offer flexible hours, days and shift patterns to meet the needs of a healthy work life balance.
When you join us you'll get:
Free meals before and during shifts
Generous tips paid via TRONC
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action and a Health and Wellbeing Coach and a Mental Health First Aider
A wide range of team benefits, including free food and tea/coffee, discounted meals for family and friends and cake/dinner on your birthday/work anniversary.
Internal and external training and development opportunities, including Contini Academy apprenticeships, scholarships, visits to suppliers and paid training opportunities
Length of service benefits including an interest free loan towards purchasing your first home, free flights, extra days holiday and additional employers pension contribution
Referral bonuses and Employee of the Month payments
Contributory pension scheme
28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
Company funded Social Club events
Access to our Employee Forum - a collective voice for employees by employees
We are looking for someone who has good experience, is efficient, confident and hard working and ready to work with our charming and attentive team. All our Section Holders are well trained and work closely with the wider Front of House and Kitchen teams to produce a happy and welcoming environment for all our customers whilst serving delicious food.
Due to licencing laws the post holder must be over 18 years old.
Our restaurants produce consistently beautiful food, made from scratch, that is tasty and satisfying. All our kitchens buy directly from over 70 artisan suppliers and receive daily deliveries in the growing season from our very own kitchen garden. We have 3 Bee Hives with over 50,000 bees and when nature has been generous we are able to share the honey and the honeycomb with the kitchens.
To join our team, previous hospitality experience is preferable. You must have a positive, can-do attitude, the confidence to take charge of your designated section in the restaurant as directed by your managers and good attentive attention to detail. You will be responsible for serving customers food and drinks as well as taking orders and payments. Having strong teamwork and communication skills are essential. You will be expected to contribute to a happy, efficient and knowledgeable working team and environment.
We are a family-run business with three award-winning restaurants in Edinburgh City Centre: Contini on George Street; The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant at the Scottish National Gallery on The Mound; and Cannonball Restaurant & Bar. All our venues offer something different, this allows us to offer working flexibility, our contracts can offer flexible hours, days and shift patterns to meet the needs of a healthy work life balance.
When you join us you'll get:
Free meals before and during shifts
Generous tips paid via TRONC
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action and a Health and Wellbeing Coach and a Mental Health First Aider
A wide range of team benefits, including free food and tea/coffee, discounted meals for family and friends and cake/dinner on your birthday/work anniversary.
Internal and external training and development opportunities, including Contini Academy apprenticeships, scholarships, visits to suppliers and paid training opportunities
Length of service benefits including an interest free loan towards purchasing your first home, free flights, extra days holiday and additional employers pension contribution
Referral bonuses and Employee of the Month payments
Contributory pension scheme
28 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
Company funded Social Club events
Access to our Employee Forum - a collective voice for employees by employees