Hospitality Supervisor

Hospitality Supervisor
Scale 4 + 2 increments for evening and weekend working (£27,254 - £29,064 including increments)
37 Hours, Full Time
Temporary (up to two years)
Based at a variety of venues including Stockport Town Hall, Bramall Hall, Chadkirk Chapel

Application Deadline: 4th May 2026 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 5th May 2026
Interview Date: 12th May 2026
Interview Type: In person

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Are you a self-motivated and results driven individual? Do you excel in customer service? Are you friendly but professional? Do you have experience within the hospitality industry? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Your Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Hospitality Supervisor to join us to support the delivery of our ambitious events programme. You will be working as part of the Stockport Events Team at a variety of impressive Venues including Stockport Town Hall, Bramall Hall and Chadkirk Chapel.

You will oversee food and beverage service at all of our award winning Venues. You will provide support to the Event Managers and the Operations manager and assist with the operational delivery of events for up to 500 people. Responsibilities will include;

• Food and Beverage delivery at Events across all Venues.
• Overseeing event hospitality service to ensure client expectations are met.
• Providing a high level of customer service
• Supporting and training the food and beverage assistants.
• Bar and cellar management at all Venues which includes but is not limited to; ordering bar stock, supporting monthly bar stock takes, cleaning beer lines and cashing up tills at the end of the shift.
• Weekly function sheet meetings with relevant departments to ensure the successful delivery of all events.
• Safe evacuation of premises in the event of emergencies arising during a function.
• First Aid provision

This position includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays and includes late finishes after the hours of midnight. Applicants must be over the age of 18.

About You

We are looking for self-motivated, results driven individuals who excel in customer service. You will be a personal license holder, passionate about the industry and looking for the next step in your hospitality career.

About Us

Stockport Events was established in 2017 and manage a portfolio of impressive Venues across Stockport. The business is growing and gaining a great reputation (Best Wedding Venue in the North West 2020 and 2022) and we deliver a wide range of exciting, high profile events.

Stockport has ambition and is rich in history and culture. It’s vibrant and well connected with unique neighbourhoods, local villages and district centres. We’re part of Greater Manchester but we’re also lucky to have Cheshire and the Peak District on our doorstep, sharing wide open countryside and farmland.

You are entitled to a variety of competitive benefits including a generous holiday entitlement and pension scheme, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, health and wellbeing support, travel schemes including Cycle to Work and Care Lease scheme and a huge range of employee discounts on everyday purchases; including gym memberships, days out, cinema tickets, and cafes, restaurants and retail shops nationally.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to discuss the role further please contact Vicky Eyre via email vicky.eyre@stockport.gov.uk or telephone 0161 474 3450

Before applying for this vacancy applicants are advised to check whether they can attend interview on the indicated date above.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme, you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

Privacy Notice

Eligible at-risk employees are entitled to have their applications considered ahead of internal employees in line with the Council’s Recruitment and Selection Policy. At risk employees are either employees in the last three months of their fixed term contract, or those who have been notified in writing that they are at risk by Human Resources following an employee consultation meeting. Employees wishing to be considered as an at-risk applicant are requested to email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk to inform Human Resources. At risk applications are only permitted for opportunities at the employees’ current grade or grades below.